17th May

This morning we felt we'd spent the whole night in a washing machine. We were churned up by a nasty chop that swirled around our mooring. Once again, depressingly, the forecast was for strong winds from the west. We slowly ground our way over the top of Sardinia and, for the first time, started heading east. All the time the wind was against us, and getting stronger most of the time. Eventually we made our anchorage, Porto Palma, on the island of Caprera in the Maddalenas. It would be wonderful if only the wind would abate. There are only four boats at anchor including us, three Brits and a Kiwi. All the sensible people are safely in harbour.