We are on anchor at the entry of the marina in Cefalù…

In my previous message  I said that I do not know the destination but rather direction… the West… 

The challenge to be more precise  — the weather, again.  The weather, suitable for sailing… As the days becoming shorter,  or,  let be more precise — as the nights becoming longer, and the weather is more often unsettled —  the thought crossed my mind that may be it is more convenient to travel at night… The idea is used long time by cruisers lines…   My thought is — I can ‘handled’ progressing towards the destination at a speed of 2.x knots… at night… It is much easier then doing the same during the nice, sunny day! ;-).  

So I tried.  I left the Milozzo anchorage about lunch time. The wind has just started to form… ( So far, there is always some wind afternoon,   till Sun set… )… We have some progress at a speed between 4 and 5 knots….  It was impossible to go faster ( with sails only ), but I was not in a rush… I was planning to be either in Cefalù early morning, or  — to continue to sail the next day too, and reach Polermo… 

The plan worked, kind of…. Though I still have run the motor for a couple of hours… When the speed over ground got to 0.5 knots…. my nerves gave up! ;-).   On another ‘extreme’,  the breeze at early morning was pushing the boat at ‘astonishing’ 5.5 knots towards Cefalù harbour… but 1.5 hour before the Sun appearance… I HAVE TO SLOW DOWN!!!! ;-) 

To make the story short — we are on anchor, in front of Cefalù. 

The anchorage looks very nice.  It is in front of the small marina,  and well protected.  

 

 

By cliffs with some ancient ruins on one side, and the marina water breaker on the other… 

The old town — is about 2 km away, if you trust the Google maps…   Just follow the road about the cliff… 

I would probably explore more about the area tomorrow or  on Monday… 

The plan is — to spend some time there — 2 or 3 days (?).  I’ve promised the boat to do some more work on the engine… ;-)  Regular maintenance, nothing spectacular. 

Then — if we have the weather window — to move to the anchorage near Palermo.  I do not know yet about the good weather window to go to Palermo… But the forecast about the strong NW wind on Thursday, next week — seems holding so far… So, I need to find not only the good weather, but also the anchorage with good NW  wind & swell protection…  The current is … But I do not want to stay here so long…  As usual, we will see…  ;-)

I stop the message here… But with the wording …’ to be continued…’,  as I hope to get more information and, hopefully, stories as I visit Cefalù city…

Everything is good and under control! 

Talk soon, 

M.