Articles about 'Italy'

A really nice video from Southern Wind Shipyard highlighting the events at this years Southern Wind Cup held in conjunction with the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta. Located at the amazing Porto Cervo in Sardegna, the yachts compete over 4 days of racing amongst the fantastic coastline of Sardegna.

Held every two years in conjunction with the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, the Southern Wind Cup allows all the participating Southern Wind Shipyard yachts to compete against each other for trophies. SY Feelin' Good was privileged to participate in this event and we really enjoyed the spirit of the competitors and the generosity of Southern Wind Shipyards.

Our summer sailing season started later in June after the crew had a well-deserved rest from our participation in the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta in Porto Cervo, Sardegna. As our crew are all from Italy, naturally they wanted to show off their country to us and we were excited to see it through their eyes.

Sitting at the fuel dock in Capo San Vito, Sicily. Art and captain Giamma are debating the amount of diesel to put on for the passage back to Sardinia as well as the eventual trip back to Palma di Majorca. Giamma feels two hundred liters should do the trick, but then Art remembers our pig, "Carmen says we need four hours to roast him, that's twenty-four liters of generator time"... Ah...

On the southwestern side of Sardegna and we find another beautiful bay with turquoise clear water and the perfect temperature for swimming. Anchored in 16.4 meters we are moderately protected from the southeasterly winds gusting to 20 kts and very little swell.

After an 18 hour crossing from Capo San Vito, Sicily we arrived at an incredible part of Sardegna. Located at the southeastern corner of this amazing island is a fabulous anchorage. We are in 7.7 meters of crystal clear and warm (26.5C) water without any swell. The area is known as Capo Carbonara and we are anchored in the bay of Porto Giunco.

One of our best anchorages of the 2014 Med sailing season was found here on the west side of Isola di Lipari in the Aeolian Islands just north of Sicilia. High cliffs, caves and swim-throughs, clear water with visibility over 30 meters and perfect temperature for swimming (26.6C). Combine this with a small number of day visitors from the local towns and, by 17:00, leaving it all to...

It's a somewhat embracing admission, but growing up in the US there is a typical vision that comes to mind when recalling the Italian restaurants we frequented on family outings: dark wood paneling, raffia covered wine bottles as candle holders, and tables draped in red and white checkered cloth..ah yes, you know the one. Coast to coast, across the nation named for a Florentine...