To Palermo, 17-18 May

On the 200 nautical mile crossing to Palermo, we soon found ourselves alone in the Tyrrhenian Sea, with no coast or boats in sight for 360 degrees. I love this feeling. But while we were looking around, we happened to see a young turtle (30cm wide) swimming westwards to an undetermined destination... A few hours later we came across a large shoal of dolphins who took the opportunity of our boat passing by at 7 knots to jump and play. What a treat to sail with dolphins! But this made it clear that you are never alone in the middle of the seas!

So, what else was on the way?

Displaying points on interest in Google earth Pro, 13 October 2018

I have been exploring a bit in recent weeks how to use Google Earth Pro to display points relevant for cruising in the Baltic. I managed to extract my tracks from my Furuno TZT2 chart plotter, in files with a .CSV extension, that can be imported easily in Google Earth. 

Then, I collided several lists of points of relevance for cruising in Sweden: marinas, natural harbours, marine gas stations, Svenska Krysar Klubb buoys, and even churches with fresco, castles or stone ships. Here is what I learned through the process...

Arholma - Landsort, old edition, 4 October 2016

A good friend of mine offered me recently the book Arholma - Landsort, in its version from 1971. This is the book all archipelago sailors have onboard as it gives the tips and tricks to get in all natural harbors of the archipelago. This was a good reminder of what was sailing before the GPS era...

By curiosity, I looked at the current representation in the various electronic charts...

Belisama position, and other ships in my fleet

On this page, you can see the position of Belisama and the ships in my fleet on Marine traffic!