4th and 5th July

We set off early back east along the coast. At Villiasimius we filled up with diesel. The forecast looked OK for the crossing to Sicily so we decided to go for it. While in sight of land the we managed to sail, although the sea was lumpy and unpleasant. As we got further out the surface smoothed out but the wind, although light, was from the east. A few Dolphins came to give us the once over in the late afternoon. They came leaping through the water, went to our bow and then disappeared. The night was moonless and, looking up, stars studded the sky. At mid morning we spotted the first of the Egadi islands, wreathed in fog. Eventually we dropped anchor off the south coast of the island of Favignana. The weather was perfect for the crossing, but only in the opposite direction. We needed the engines almost all the way across. In the evening we went ashore and walked across to the main town on the other side of the island, about one mile.