Corsica

We left Sardinia, and made it to Corsica, Bonifacio and Porto Vecchio. Both good. The island is very green, and also mountainous, all told a beautiful island. Being French, the wine is not only good, but also cheap - very important.

Our first anchorage nearly had a bad ending, when the swell rolled in a bit from the sea, and one of our anchors let go. A new extended vocabulary was tested about one o'clock in the morning that particular day, and we then added shore lines to the four anchors we were using. After that the only real problem was how long it takes to get them back up. Bonifacio is spectacular with the old fortified town perched on top of a limestone cliff. We'll post a photo when we get a chance. One drawback was that we could not find any car-hire offices that were not closed for the off-season.

Porto Vecchio was a lot safer as an anchorage, and we were able to hire a car to travel around. The price of the car was the same for 4 days or a week, so we stayed a little longer. Not a problem.