21st June

Lucinda and I got back in the boat at 1 a.m. Feeling slightly jaded. At 3 a.m. Emily, who had gone back to the boat earlier, woke up worried that we hadn't made it back. We motored and sailed seven miles north to anchor in the Cala Giorgio where three of the Maddalena islands enclose a magical anchorage. At lunchtime it was quite crowded with day trippers and tourist boats. By sun down there were about a dozen boats left at anchor. Lots of people were swimming from their boats. Emily tested the water temperature and we all opted to have a hot shower on board. In the evening we witnessed one of the most spectacular sunsets before the full moon rose in the east.