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| Garibaldi's House, Isola Caprera |
We sailed around Isola Caprera to Porto Garibaldi, where there is a beach and a Club Med, although it seems deserted. Isola Caprera is the second largest island in the Maddalena Archipelago and was bought by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1856. He and his family lived there on and off for many years and he died there in 1882, where he is buried with his family.
The island was occupied by the military until 1981 and the following year was declared a nature reserve. Roger & I took the dinghy along the coast to the causeway for a guided tour of Garibaldi’s house, which is in a beautiful setting. The wind was about a Force 3-4 on the way back, and I was thinking ‘I’m glad Roger got the outboard motor working, because I wouldn’t be able to row against this wind’. Just then, the engine ran out of petrol! Roger had to row over half a mile back to the boat, making very slow progress.
The wind blew up to about a Force 5, and we had a fast sail to Golfo di Arzachena on the mainland where we anchored near the Marina and village of Cannigione. A fire had just started in the nearby hills and we watched 3 helicopters and a plane swooping down for water in the Cala to put it out.
The wind blew up to about a Force 5, and we had a fast sail to Golfo di Arzachena on the mainland where we anchored near the Marina and village of Cannigione. A fire had just started in the nearby hills and we watched 3 helicopters and a plane swooping down for water in the Cala to put it out.
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