PASSAGE REPORT SV GARGOYLE GREECE TO SICILY

SV GARGOYLE BIDS FAREWELL TO GREECE & HELLO TO SICILY

SV GARGOYLE looks back and says farewell to the Ionian Islands, beautiful morning to start our 30 hour passage.

 

SVย GARGOYLE is moving towards her winter home and in the meantime is working in a few more adventures along the way.ย  Below SVย GARGOYLEย shares their report of their recent adventures:
Looking ahead towards Sicily beyond the sunset

 

We said farewell to Greece and decided to sail directly to Sicily to visit the Aeolian Islands before we move to Gargoyleโ€™s winter home. The forecast indicated light to moderate winds, so the crew had their hopes up for the last passage of the season to be a quiet one with the wind in Gargoyleโ€™s sails. The passage was uneventful, but the motor did all the work moving us to our next destination.
Seaside village of Naxos with Taormina on the mountain side.
With our arrival in Sicily at midnight, Gargoyle tucked into the small anchorage of Naxos and then we made the hop into the Tyrrhenian Sea to our first stop at Vulcano. We had our Canadian buddy boat Hrafn along for the ride and they joined in the fun of climbing volcanos, venturing through small seaside towns, eating too much pizza and of course getting our fill of Italian wine. These islands are truly special and should be on everyoneโ€™s list to visit!
Mount Edna steaming above Taormina
GARGOYLE relaxing in the bay
The island of Vulcano is known for its volcanic activity and contains several volcanic calderas, including one of the four active volcanoes in Italy. In 2021 the island was evacutated due to the volcanic activity on the island.
From Vulcano, we jumped to Lipira, Panarea and then finally did a midnight cruise by Stromboli as we headed back to Sicily. Our calm weather was about to end, with one quick stop to see the mountain village of Taormina, now it is time to head to Malta.
Cofin shaped sarcophagus are found in the Lipira Castle some dating back to 5th century BC
Island of Malfa in the background
Gargoyle and Hrafn relaxing in the bay with Stromboli on the horizon.
If you look really close, one of the dots in the bay is Gargoyle relaxing with we visit the mountain village.

SV GARGOYLE ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Kevin & Carla โ€“ Beneteau 50โ€™

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS SPECIAL PLACE!

 


NEW BOOK BY LIN PARDY

Lin Pardey's New Book

Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond - Sailing through lifeโ€™s changing currents

*hot off the shelf*

Lin Pardey's newest book is now available for purchase.

Join Lin as she shares challenging sailing, gentle voyages, the shoreside encounters that await once you venture into the world of cruising under sail. Far more than just a sailing adventure, this book is also a true memoir. As she and Larry sailed north from Cape Horn to Canada, then westward across the Pacific, they had to weather the emotional passages that come with growing older. Lin chronicles the last years she shared with Larry, the solo adventure that followed and, eventually, the romance and challenge of building a new life and voyaging onward with a different partner after David sailed in to anchor near her island home. Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond will appeal to sailors of all generations as Lin pours her heart out to tell tales of sailing through gales and calms, adventures small and large. It is a love story -- of sailing, of the sea, and of the two men who have shared Linโ€™s life.

Currently Lin's latest book is available for purchase in two locations.ย  Click the location for purchase link:

  1. Paradise Cay Publications (Lin earns double the royalty from books purchased here)ย  The book is a best seller on Paradise Cay Publications.
  2. Amazon also has the book available in Kindle or Paperback formats

What the reviewers say:

โ€œLin Pardey's Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond is a passionate and well-told recounting of the adventures and triumphs, as well as the trials and tribulations, since rounding the Horn "the wrong way" with her husband, Larry, in 2002. It's a remarkable book โ€” fierce, honest, truthful and heartbreaking. And as with every Pardey book, extremely open and well-written. Passages succeeds as a touching memoir and a deep love story (in two parts), but most of all, as a rollicking good sea tale. I forgot how much I loved a good old-fashioned Lin Pardey first-person nautical narrative until I opened this one.โ€

-ย Herb McCormick, author and roving editor โ€“ Cruising World

Lin Pardey stowing the jib. Photo Credit: Will Calver oceanphotography.co.nz

"This is a brave book, written by an indomitable woman and sailor who, now 80 years old, continues to live life โ€œall the way up.โ€ It honors the man with whom she shared more than 50 years of that life voyaging the worldโ€™s oceans and inspiring generations of sailors. And though it sails straight on into the hardest of lifeโ€™s passages, it also celebrates the light that emerges when one has had the strength and courage to endure the storm."

-ย Wendy Mitman Clarke, Editor-in-Chief, SAIL Magazine

โ€œThe title reflects both the thrilling sailing adventures of Lin and Larry Pardey and the profound changes in Lin's life. Sail with them around Cape Horn and across the Pacific, then follow Lin's inspiring journey as she navigates Larry's failing health and begins a new chapter with David Haigh aboard Sahula. I absolutely loved this!โ€

- Carolyn Shearlock โ€“ Creator of TheBoatgalley.com

โ€œThis isnโ€™t just a bold sea story of a brave couple taking on Neptune โ€” itโ€™s a saga of the race against
the true universal ruler herself, Mother Nature. Author and adventurer Lin Pardey takes readers on a
gripping journey as she herself comes to grips with the inevitable forces that control all our lives. You
wonโ€™t be disappointed. Trust me.โ€


- Elaine Lembo, editor in chief, Caribbean Compass


โ€œLin Pardeyโ€™s new book just may be her best. Itโ€™s a classic Pardey voyaging narrative, as Lin and Larry
sail to the far south and round Cape Horn, but itโ€™s so much more. Itโ€™s filled with wisdom and love, as
Lin chronicles Larryโ€™s slow decline with perspective and deep gratitude for the life they were able to
share. And itโ€™s filled with hope and optimism for the future, a blueprint for how to keep living as we get
older. Itโ€™s a terrific story.โ€


โ€” John Kretschmer, adventurer/author, Sailing a Serious Ocean

 

 


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