After heading through the strait we headed to Vulcano Island, one of the Aeolian Islands. This would be the first place that we have returned to or previously visited (hence the Déjà vu) in our Mediterranean voyage…must mean we are heading home. Last year we anchored here but it was the first of September already. Then we headed West on the North shores of Sicily to get to Tunisia.
Well, when we were getting close to Vulcano yesterday there were boats everywhere…coming…going…fast…slow. Then we pulled into Porto di Levante, took our time cruising around looking for a space…any space…no room at the inn so off we headed to Lipari Island…same story. You see, in August, all of Italy goes on vacation for the whole month…and I think they all have boats and head to the Aeolian Islands. In Lipari there were hundreds of boats…all shapes and sizes…anchored no more than 30-40 feet from each other in water depths of over 100 feet. You know they couldn’t have put out the right amount of chain for those depths and then if the wind changed overnight as it typically does…ooh laa laa…what a mess.
The Captain and I just couldn’t put Jay Sea Dee in that position, or ourselves, so off we headed into the night. The Captain loved it as he got to put up sails for a while, there was a full moon out and nobody else was out there! Ciao to the Aeolian Islands!
We are now at Capo San Vito. There is still a lot of boats here but for now they are keeping their appropriate distance and we are only in 20 ft. depths. The water is crystal-clear green over a sandy bottom with black fish swimming everywhere and all the beach umbrellas are adding lots of color…great decision!
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