16th September

We had a quiet night at anchor in Porte Conte, a bay five miles north of Alghero. From there heading further north the coastline is forbidding and undeveloped for thirty miles. We then had to cut through a narrow shallow channel between the mainland and the island of Asinara. This involved following two sets of leading marks to avoid the rocks on either side. Once safely through we were in a large sheltered bay opening out to the east. The pilot book was pretty unhelpful but it supplied a phone number for the national park. A quick conversation made it all clear and we ended up in a pontoon at Cala Reale on the east side of Asinara.