38 19.665N 16 26.150E

Big day, night, day. 34 hours was the passage plan, and it took 34 hours dead. 150 liters of fuel (half our capacity). A tiny bit of wind assistance, but motored all the way. Weather was kindly, although a little bit of slamming - wind and swell on the nose as ever :-(.
Days were average, but the night was different. Working 4 on 8 off, jammy Chance pulled the 22:00 to 06:00 off watch! So, Karen and I were on changeover at 02:00. " is that a heli on AIS" I asked, "yep". Off she went, leaving me to watch a full military exercise taking place around us. Two fast Cruisers converged on the search and rescue hell about 5 miles off our Port, coming from totally different places and arriving at exactly the same time. Tell tale exercise behavior. I was watching them with the plotter and radar zoomed in on their position not mine. Next thing I knew a spotlight came on 200 meters off our stern, straight onto us. After 5 seconds it went off. 10 seconds later I'd found our massively powerful spotlamp, and swept the area behind us. WTF! It's a powerful piece of kit, and I fully illuminated a huge navy cruiser, totally blacked out. What a weird feeling. An apparently empty quiet sea, suddenly filled with a warship. I darn quick killed the lamp, save incurring military wroth. I slowed to 2 knots just in case they used my continuing speed as a sign of 'legging it' and decided to use us for shelling practice! They moved off, circled, and slowly headed away (I'd recentered the radar, so could see them). What a todo! I wish every night watch was as interesting. Maybe not!

Roccella Ionica marina is nice, but quiet. We parked next but one, to Victory Cat. This morning the middle boat left, so we moved across, to get some photos of the twins, side by side.