After a gentle motorsail from Elba to Corsica, we set out in a heatwave to walk part of the Customs Path around Cap Corse
Corsica
3 If north Corsica had been amazing, the west coast was even better and given that I’m writing this several months later from our winter berth, I can confidently say it was my favourite area of this year’s summer cruise. Clear, electric blue water, abundant sea life, walks, dramatic scenery and […]
West Corsica – Fish, Mountains and a Mistral
1 We crossed from Portoferraio on a flat calm day, the sky washed clean by the previous days’ rain meant we really could see for miles and miles; way up the Italian coast and as soon as we left the harbour on Elba we could see our destination. Corsica met my […]
North Corsica – Wonderfully Wild With a Soupçon of Rolliness
3 Off to Corsica We left the Maddalena islands on a sunny morning for the short trip across to Corsica. The often feisty winds of the Bonafaccio Straits were having a rest day and the most we saw was 6 kts. It was one of those ‘nothing to see here days’ […]