Palau and Cannigione

 

'Our' beach at Palau

16^th June There are strong winds forecast for the next few days, so after a relaxing lunch in a Cala on the island of Caprera, we decide to head to the more sheltered bay of Palau on the mainland.

As we sail between the island and the mainland we hear a Mayday message on the VHF. The boat sending the Mayday has reported a dead body in the water, and when I check their position I realise it’s the yacht in front of us making the call. There’s no answer from the coastguard, but as we get nearer a rib and a motor boat join the yacht and we see the rib pull the body of young man in a diving suit out of the water.  They give him mouth to mouth resuscitation and eventually transfer him to the motor boat which sets off at high speed towards La Maddelena, requesting an ambulance to meet them there. We hear afterwards that he was still alive when he arrived at La Maddelena, so we hope he survived the ordeal.

17^th June We are now moored on a buoy in Palau bay. This morning we had a surprise visit from Charlie and Alison from Sulaire , who we last saw in Mahon and Marcel and Helen from Dakini, who we hadn’t seen since they left Cartagena. They are all anchored in the next bay and had come into Palau for supplies.

Pine trees behind the beach at Palau

18^th June, Our mooring is close to a sandy cove backed by pine trees. We’ve been very lazy these last few days, rowing the dinghy over to the beach, then reading under the pines and swimming in the beautifully clear waters.  The beach is a bit of a trek from the town and has been almost deserted, and today we found out why.  Two policemen appeared from the woods and explained it was illegal to bring a dinghy within 300m of the shoreline then instructed us to remove it immediately!

The bay at Cannigione

24^th June We have started to make our way down the East coast of Sardinia and have spent the last few days deep in the Golf of Arzachena at the village of Cannigione. Yesterday we had a day out on the bikes exploring the Golf, which is backed by green mountains and surrounded by rich farmland.

Cormerant at Cannigione

 

 

Golf of Arzachena

Perfect spot for lunch