One Year Sailing in the Mediterranean - Part 2 / Sailing Aquarius
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2023
- As we going to sail to the Mediterranean Sea we heard a lot from different friends about what they liked about the particular country/place and what was something they preferred to skip. Everybody shared their opinion sometimes recent sometimes less recent.
We want to share our experience and thoughts just in case someone is looking for this kind of information.
We entered the Mediterranean Sea January 1st, 2023 and sailed in Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Italy, France, Monaco and Spain! This is presented in 2 videos.
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What we learned about sailing the Mediterranean.
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Steve and I have enjoyed your comments regarding the Med. Having sailed Croatia and Greece charter boats we could really engage with your point of view. We lived in the N Netherlands for 28 years before returning to Australia. Spain was always so cheap…. However, we absolutely loved Italy the most. They’ve retained their culture aged traditions and at not over run by tourists. They’re not ‘showy’ but if you take the time they’re very friendly and truly committed to helping you enjoy their country. It would be interesting for us to visit by sea. We’re both hope you continue to be well and happy x Love Steve & Kerry 😘
Thank you for your feedback, I believe it helps us and others ☺️👍
Eye opening. Thank you...What..put you down? Ignore them...Love the Channel
So glad!
Your doing it & any one putting you down aint = Fair winds .
Very True! I just wish we could all get along. Fair Winds
Thankyou for your positive views on Croatia. I live and sail Croatia and the negative comments from some sailors is disturbing. Croatia is a lovely country and a great sailing area. Great video, fair winds,,,,
Our pleasure! Thanks for your comment
y'all rock
Thanks 😊
Loving this format excellent
Thanks
Great Video, thank you. Fair winds following Seas…keep going 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video and beautiful places you've been
Thank you very much!
nice one the highs and lows of the Med. Yes Croatia was Fantastic!!!! Slovenia also awesome. Italy I don't know I hear mixed reviews. Greece I hear is Beautiful. Looking forward to your next video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good honest report, I'm sitting in my home and the fee's are killing me. But it is calm
Glad you liked it ☺️ Thanks for your comment
No one gets anything for free, and the prices are up everywhere.
We plan to sail from the US to the med in the next couple of years , thanks for the video
Best of luck!
Good to point out for Croatia, if entering by boat , enter by official port of entry , or you pay a fine, and it has to be the first one you pass, you cannot skip past one for another,
Best to enter at an official point of entry. There you can pay the Vinette, and they will tell you how to pay the personal tourist tax. The fees should be about $200 for the Vinette, which is a yearly tax, and the personal tourist tax is about 40 euros per person per month.
Italy: Palermo - good experience at marina Sitimar. The town is pure Visconti and Antonioni, take it or leave it. Very good experience with the locals on land. Museums are fab Food was to my liking. Waste management is still an issue, traffic quite heavy, but neither is a deal breaker over all.Cagliari - very basic Marina Del Sole, but also inexpensive - under e30 for 38ft, first week of May. Town is ancient, picturesque, lots to see. To eat - try “eTrigu Pizzeria Bar Bistrot”, on Viale Armando Diaz, 152, not far from the marina.Spain: can recommend Yacht Port Cartagena marina - price, services and convenience. Town is your typical Spanish town. Visited municipal archeological museum, quite good (minus vulgar display of Repsol sponsorship in the middle of the excavated site). South of Cartagena is quite desolate. Anchored overnight at Aguilas Bahia de Levante, no charge. Shallow and small, but a welcome shelter. Didn’t bother stopping till Faro. Loved the Algarve coast.
Thank you! Seems like yiu had really good time 😊👍
Love the Visconti and Antonioni reference! Now it's on my list.
You should sail to Menorca.
That’s the plan ☺️
Maybe your Italy experience is more related to Sicily? Did you try any anchorages in northern Sardinia or at that point maybe you were just ready to leave.
We were in 2 places southern tip in mainland, Sicily, then on the mainland across from Messina strait, Sardegna- Cagliari and pretty much everywhere felt the same… maybe it’s just bad luck. As we heard some people had bad experiences in Croatia and we had a blast 🤷🏻♀️
I went to Tarifa, which is the absolute south tip of Spain with my van for the world surf cup with all of my equipment in it . Slept in it too, and got robbed two times near Marbella at night on my way down, when i was sleeping in the van. Could scare the burglars away, but left in fear. , And in the city of Almeria as well on by way back. I was dining on an outside street restaurant, just on the other side of street, where my car was 10 meters away in eyesight. Just when one public bus passed between us for only a few seconds, my van was window smashed and radio stolen, and photo equipment stolen. I had to fix the broken window with duct tape and the plastic window of one surf sail, as it was friday late afternoon, and every car workshop closed. Drove that way all the way over some 2400 km ( 1500 mls) up to my home, north Germany in one shot.
Sorry to hear that! And also sad to hear what’s going on there, I was just hoping our friend had bad luck and thats all… 😞
Croatia bad? I have been there for approximately 16 -=17 years every year and I think its fantastic , but then we went to a small place north, and after the warit became quite expensve. it used to be vey cheap though. Moscenska draga, is now far from where we live (asia) but we hope to visit it again
the food is absolutely fantastic, tartar and bransin are still frssh in my mind. The wind bora is every afternoon and regularly you find scirocco as well, super hot, and always uinexpected.
like your reviews, thank you. "Schenegenang zone"? makes me laugh its SCHENGEN.. and its a pain in the behind as those with a visa (like my wife) can only go in limited and then must stay out 3 months at least. but thansk guys. great review
Thanks! We really enjoyed Croatia, and happy you had there good time too ☺️ Thanks for your comment
I did mean to say Shenanigan Zone.
Shenanigan
noun
she·nan·i·gan shə-ˈna-ni-gən
Synonyms of shenanigan
1: a devious trick used especially for an underhand purpose
2a: tricky or questionable practices or conduct -usually used in plural
b: high-spirited or mischievous activity -usually used in plural
Anybody ever stopped on the African side of the Med?
It’s complicated especially with current situation… 🙁
Great stuff. Disappointed with Italy. I alway wanted to charter there but may skip it now. Who needs the hassle. Followed you guys since the beginning. Where would you say your top cruising ground has been now that you’re almost done with the circumnavigation. And would you recommend chartering in Corsica and Sardinia? ❤❤❤
If you have a large good group of happy people, you can have a great time anywhere! Now let me answer the question... I would also skip Italy, even Sardinia because the marinas and everything else is FN EXPENSIVE. Corsica was beautiful, and Sardinia is a short hop if you wanted to anchor on the North end of Sardinia (and that is the most beautiful part). But the TOP 2 places for me - French Poly (Marquesas and the Tuamotus are the best) and Vanuatu! Sailing into Marquesas and Vanuatu is like going back in time. Hope that answered your questions.
Thank you for replying. I had a feeling the pacific would be somewhere on top of the list. Sadly the pacific has to remain a dream. Caribbean and Europe are much more attainable in terms of charters. I'm a great lakes sailor and my wife is not into sailing all that much except for the occasional 1 week charters (sound familiar?) I've always used your videos to brain wash her that such a life is possible. We are not there yet. lol Looking forward to your future videos@@SailingAquarius
What was the best place you visited in the Med, and why?
Croatia. Why? I suggest you watch a video 😁😉
Hello! Thanks for all the information, you both gave us a very good overall vision of sailing the Med. I believe for someone like me (from Brazil), not married to someone with an european visa, it might be quite a speedy vacation the 90 days limits. And, since there's not much places to go, things might be a bit on the fast lane :)
A somwhat delicate question: do you felt, anytime in Italy, that they were "contrary" to your stay there because of the US flag on the boat or it was against foreigners in general? Thanks once more, see you next week! Fair winds!
Happy you find it useful. You absolutely right about 90 day fast lane… Regarding the Italy we also considered that and were not flying the flag at the time when we got the fine and were told to leave 🤷🏻♀️🤷♂️
@@SailingAquarius wow! Tourists must be "persona non grata" there - at least by the sea :(
A point to consider. Thanks!
We have heard from several sailors that Italy targets foreign vessels for various fines. But, we have also heard wonderful things from other sailors. But, we didn't find Italy a place we would like to return. Greece, Croatia, and France, are three places that I would like to sail in the future. Ken