Friday 13^th August

So today we woke to find just 4 neighbours and within an hour that was reduced to three when the nearest boat to us, an American yacht called Horizons raised his anchor and set off for a bay over on Sardinia itself, looking for a decent internet connection. As it turns out he returned around 7.00 pm and anchored fairly close to us, but not near enough for a conversation and since I had now put the dinghy away ready for our trip we could not pop over for a chat to find out what had changed!

Strange day from the weather point of view and although warm enough, it remained overcast for quite a lot of the day and the wind gradually increased throughout the day. This created a moment of drama when a big motor boat which kept coming back each day and mooring next to us, began to drag his anchor. We shouted to try to get their attention and eventually a maid appeared who clearly had no English but recognised the urgency in my voice! She summoned the owners and it was one of the girls on board who reacted the quickest with a big fender whilst the man made his way up to the flying bridge and finally drove them clear without any damage done. They then spent the next hour anchoring and re-anchoring in much the same spot trying to get their small and rather inadequate Danforth anchor to hold them in the weed.

Today rather dragged as we prepare to set off tomorrow morning for Spain. Lots of little jobs done plus a dinghy run ashore so I could take all our rubbish up to the bins set back about 100 metres behind the beach, all of which helped to pass the time, but all in all we are about ready to move on again.