Pius, a special floating house

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 Marina for a nice trek to Marciana ancient village. Nice lunch at Osteria del Noce  https://goo.gl/maps/daqWd24Day1pMjD46 Then up to Monte Capanne at 1000m. for a great view over Pianosa island  in the middle of the Thyrrenic sea. Our best Elba island anchorages are in order: Fetovaia (5), for its turquoise waters Nisportino (3), for one's best Elba restaurant, "La Battigia"  https://goo.gl/maps/GXoXUUiVeXsJEp6V9 Portoferraio (2), for its 'Mediceo' harbor,Napoleon villa of exile, Medicee fortress,Forte Falcone fortress. Marciana Marina (1), small quiet village with a nice trek up the highest mountain of M.te Capanne. Lacona gulf (4), protected harbour when Levante and Mistral hits Elba. In Fetovaia creek I discovered a leak from the lubrication hose of the turbo c...

  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 2019.     Best boats are the nicest on dry, quotes an old sailor proverb! One day stop over in the beauty of Capraia Island.                                           1st Paddle test for Emma ! A quiet sunset... ...and an equally calm moonrise before meeting our beloved Pippus. - - - Arnovecchio is ah historical micro harbor on Arno, the Florence and Pisa river managed by Mr. Orsini a sail passionate, regatting on original wooden Dinghy and in summer  in Greece  with a HR54 .  https://arnovecchio.com/en/homepage-en/ Pippus, for few hours still our Pippus, Swan 44  Sparkman & Stephens dated 1973 one's nicest boat ever built. Small and safe coc...

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... ....fortunately because we are carrying the old gearbox for some day .... Emma is focused in fishing Cap Corse is a perfect place to trek for a whole day. The Sentier des douaniers  starts from Macinaggio on the east coast till Centuri on the west coast passing in front of Giraglia island. .....all informations at  https://climbing7.com/2017/07/31/sentier-des-douaniers-macinaggio-cap-corse/ A wonderful starfish right under Pius while Anna crocheting 2 brand new bags Smartphone bag "Call me" ....and "Pochette". These are her creative handcrafted products  https://www.instagram.com/ cest.moi.qui.lai.fait/

  Our forced stay has gathered new friendships, among all we remember " Le Grand Marc" aboard his trawler Hoasis . To reach  Revellata  there's a nice trekking  from the   Citadelle  in Calvi all along the North East coast.