In the past, like many, I have been a passionate believer that dogs are the man's best companion. Then some years ago by chance, I sheltered a very young little black foundling cat in my house. His na ...

A mild winter aboard of Pius full of experiences, friends a new school for Emma and much Tunisian folks. Here’s just a selection of our souvenirs. The Tunisian blue! The famous cat col ...

The Tunisian flag is hoisted on the mast of Pius. Our first mooring is in Hammamet. In Tunisia the first harbor where you arrive is where the Immigration Police control, Custom control and Gard ...

Once in Licata harbor we moored beside a motor yacht, L'erg Bleu, the only one that we like: a Grand Banks. Alain, Hend and Brigitte. Soon we became good friends and we visited Valle dei Templi in Ag ...

In the Villasimius harbor we met many boats waiting for the best moment to cross the Sardinia channel. Actually we had some day of NW Mistral and usually approaching Sicily it becomes NE wind and so n ...

The west coast of Sardinia is a savage coast, often difficult to navigate when the strong mistral blows and without many shelters. We left Asinara after a great moon night. These are our suggested s ...

Asinara...52 km2 of Paradise: crystal waters, wild horses and white donkeys . Prisoners and warders were the only inhabitants of Asinara for about 110 years, until the closure of the prison in Decem ...

What a great sailing from Pisa till Elba's main harbor Portoferraio. with our Gennaker, 58 miles in less than 6 hrs. What's best sailing while drawing.... Elba's tour first a stop in Marciana ...

After few visits finally our previous boat, a Swan 44 Sparkman & Stephens dated 1973, found a new owner. So we directly sailed from Cap Corse to Pisa where our beloved Pippus is on dry since Sept ...

Our cruise needs to go on. From Calvi we sail up north to Cap Corse through Giraglia island and dropping anchor in Tamarone bay. 45 miles of no wind to admire a beautiful coastline... . ...