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41:23.30N 9:09E Saturday 22.6.13 Paid for two nights (120 €) and reserved berth for
Birgitta which is due here this afternoon as space filling up
with imminent weather deterioration (Gale 8 expected Sunday
night). Had a pleasant lunch at La Place a nice little
Bistro just up from the quay, the maitre’de of which is Alex, an
affable local. 15:00 after we had spotted her approach from the
Citadel, Birgitta arrived at the dock. Joined Murray and Lynn
for drinks and arranged dinner ashore together later. We decided
we wanted to have it up in the old town within the Citadel walls
at the restaurant l’Archivolto, which Alex had recommended to
us. We walked up the hill after having sampled Murray and Lynn’s
prize winning Ashwood Chardonnay aboard Birgitta. The
recommendation proved well founded. Lovely place frequented by
locals and with helpful, obliging staff which offered a wide
range of excellent food.
Sunday 23.06. With a deteriorating weather situation we need to
be gone from here and to seek the protection of the east
Sardinian coast from the westerlies that are due to increase to
40kn later today. First we need to fill up with fuel from the
nearby fuel dock.
We bade our farewells once more to Murray and Lynn
of Birgitta who presented us with a bottle of Ashwood Pinot
Gris. With an increasingly strong westerly wind, we
accepted the kind assistance of the French skipper of the yacht
berthed alongside us to accompany us to the fuel dock to assist
with the lines there. Glad we did. On arrival we found the fuel
dock master most unhelpful and surly. We took on 310 litres of diesel at a cost of 450 €
(1.45 € /l compared to 1.71 € in Italy). |
