Otranto
Philippides III
Chris & Carol Jackson
Fri 29 May 2009 17:36
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Left Sta Maria di Leuca early this morning and
started our trip up the east side of Italy, all went ok to start with and we
sailed for an hour or two, albeit hard on the wind, then the wind veered and our
course became more Northerly and the wind was ' sur la Nez!', we also came upon
a south going current and staggered at 2 knots into Otranto with 25 knots on the
nose! Dropped anchor and swam and dozed and eventually the wind died down a bit
and we rowed ashore and explored this delightful old walled town with its very
upmarket clothes shops (thrilling!!) and lots of bars and pizzerias, managed to
resist temptation and returned to p3 around 1900 for supper on board. Depending
on the forecast we will have another day here or get off, hopefully for Brindisi
in the morning
Chris
SAT Phone 00881631573629
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