Our 2012 cruising season has begun in earnest. Ian’s impatience to be underway got the better of him a couple of weeks ago and, for the first time, he set off on a cruise without his loyal “rope bitch”. I had …
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Pre-season Shakedown and Costa Concordia
Over the winter months Ian made one or two trips to Mad Sunday, including supervising the lift-out for anti-fouling maintenance which was undertaken most proficiently,by Rizzardi, at the Porto Turistico di Roma. So, with MS all gleaming and p…
Pre-season Shakedown and Costa Concordia
Over the winter months Ian made one or two trips to Mad Sunday, including supervising the lift-out for anti-fouling maintenance which was undertaken most proficiently,by Rizzardi, at the Porto Turistico di Roma. So, with MS all gleaming and p…
Umbria, Tuscany & the Pontine Islands
1st January 2012
Arriving at Ponza we found the place all but deserted. The town looked quite “down-at-heel” in its winter garb, devoid of tourists and activity to disguise the shabbiness. The landscape, however, was beautiful and the o…
Umbria, Tuscany & the Pontine Islands
1st January 2012
Arriving at Ponza we found the place all but deserted. The town looked quite “down-at-heel” in its winter garb, devoid of tourists and activity to disguise the shabbiness. The landscape, however, was beautiful and the o…
Umbria, Tuscany & the Pontine Islands
1st January 2012
Arriving at Ponza we found the place all but deserted. The town looked quite “down-at-heel” in its winter garb, devoid of tourists and activity to disguise the shabbiness. The landscape, however, was beautiful and the o…
Ostia – Porto Turistica de Roma
On the 1st November we set our course for the Porto Turistico di Roma, an overnight passage away, and our over-winter port. The crossing was uneventful and the marina staff helpful as we secured Mad Sunday in the light, but relentless, swell in t…
Ostia – Porto Turistica de Roma
On the 1st November we set our course for the Porto Turistico di Roma, an overnight passage away, and our over-winter port. The crossing was uneventful and the marina staff helpful as we secured Mad Sunday in the light, but relentless, swell in t…
Sardinia – East Coast
20th October 2011
Returning, after nearly 2 months, we were relieved and pleased to see Mad Sunday safe and sound, if a bit scruffy looking, covered as she was in red sand – there had obviously been some south-easterly winds! After a day spent …
Sardinia – East Coast
20th October 2011
Returning, after nearly 2 months, we were relieved and pleased to see Mad Sunday safe and sound, if a bit scruffy looking, covered as she was in red sand – there had obviously been some south-easterly winds! After a day spent …