[Rhodes22-list] Sailing Spain-previously Italy

[Chris Geankoplis]

Good point Mike.  After talking with other sailors who are familiar with
the area it would be a push.  We will take option one, and sail around the
coast of Spain and the Balearic Islands.  My wife is a great sailor and
navigator and doesn't have any great objections for overnight sailing.  In
fact this adventure was at her suggestion.  Of course I thought it was
brilliant.  I'll keep every one posted.

Chris T

Ch

On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 12:28 AM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Is it not feasible to haul the boat on the trailer in Europe?  500+ miles
> in
> a Rhodes might be pushing it. Your wife might not want to talk to you
> again.
> Just thinking ...  Maybe it is worthwhile to delay a month and wait for the
> original ship.  Will you miss your weather window?
>
> Mike
> s/v Wind Lass  ('91)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Chris Geankoplis
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing Spain-previously Italy
>
> Well gang, seems that one must always be flexible.  The "Dover Highway"
> Roll-on-Roll-off ship won't make it to Baltimore until the 9th and won't
> make it to Barcelona to drop off the Enosis until the 19th.  It was
> supposed
> to be picked up and transferred to Livorno but they will have missed that
> boat so it would not get transferred until the 20th of September at the
> soonest.  Arrgh.
>
> So, I've decided to pick up the boat in Barcelona.  There are several
> options one is to cruise the Spanish coast and Balarics which are between
> 125 miles and 60 miles off shore.  There appear to be a number of nice
> places on the Spanish coast between Barcelona and Valencia.  We would spend
> 2 months sailing around the area and leave the boat at a marina on land.
>
>  The 2nd option if the weather looks good for a few days after the Balerics
> passage (130 miles) we could make the jump to Southern Sardinia which is
> about  a 300 mile open water crossing.  That would be the longest that I
> have taken in the Rhodes.  From there it is another 200 to Sicily.  Once at
> Sicily we would sail along the south coast to Ragusa Marina where we would
> leave the boat for the winter.  I've sailed most of this route before but
> in
> a much larger boat and it was challenging.  Actual sailing days would be
> around 16 days.  However we would take our time and explore Majorca and
> Sardinia and Sicily so the total time would be around 6 or 7 weeks.
>
> The last option would involve sailing north along the Spanish coast to
> France then along the French coast and then along the Italian coast to
> Naples.  Marinas are very expensive and not a lot of places to anchor but
> the coast is very beautiful.  Total sailing days would be around a month,
> averaging around 30 miles a day.  I've sailed the Italian portion before.
> We would leave the boat in the island of Ischia in the bay of Naples.
>
> So if anyone has any other ideas or suggestions please let me know.  I'll
> keep you posted.
>
> Chris Geankoplis
> Enosis
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