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Repairs, a Dog, the Cote D’Azur and Brompton
We took two pieces of kit back from our training in La Grande Motte: a new topping lift line and a pin that connects the steering wheel to the rest of the steering system. The topping lift is a double-braided Dyneema line that keeps the boom at the right height when the main sail…
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Ercole, Inspira and Training
After leaving Rome, we spent almost a week at Porto Ercole, first at anchor and then three days in the Marina dei Presidi. Porto Ercole is on the south east side of the Argentario peninsula, another one of those picturesque places in the Toscana. We rented a Vespa to explore the place which was…
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On The Italian West Coast
We’ve spent the last couple of weeks on the Italian west coast between Porto Venere and Amalfi, including the Tuscan Islands and the Pontine Islands. Our oldest son Lucas and two of his friends joined us in Rome and stayed with us for 12 days. This stretch of coast doesn’t offer too many protected…