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| Leaving Cannigione, Sardinia |
We managed to get some provisions in the lovely town of Cannigione and to post an important letter which I have been carrying around for nearly two weeks. Whenever we get to small bays with Marinas, we are told it is about 6 miles to a post box. It was also the first time we had found an ATM since leaving Olbia and funds were running low, even with several days of not being able to go ashore due to high winds.
Just as we were about to leave, another yacht with no skipper nearly hit us as it dragged its anchor and was making its way over to the very expensive yachts moored in the Marina. I tried calling the Marina on Channel 16 and Channel 9, but as there was no response I did a ‘Pan Pan’ which the Corsican Coastguard answered. Just as I finished giving him the details, the Marina staff came out in a dinghy and dealt with the yacht. I’m not sure if they had heard my original message or the ‘Pan Pan’.
We sailed and motor-sailed to Santa Teresa di Gallura on the northern tip of Sardinia, very close to Corsica. The anchorage there did not look inviting with rocks all around and no real protection, so we headed for Baia Reparata around the corner. The holding is weed and rock – which we discovered when first of all the anchor wouldn’t dig in, and then caught on a rock with a jolt which broke the warp connected to the hook which we put on the anchor chain. This is our last anchorage in Sardinia before crossing to Corsica and we will be very sorry to leave Sardinia, which has proved a magnificent cruising ground.
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