Author Archives: Richard Hewson

After many months of cruising down the french canals from Holland, through Belgium and France, then cruising the Mediterranean for the summer, Sunday Island has reached Gibraltar! Fuel in Gibraltar is tax free and much less expensive than Spain. This is a good thing as we’re are down to 5% in our tanks when weContinue reading “Sunday Island Gibraltar”

Surrounded by sparkling super yachts, Sunday Island departed the well protected anchorage of Las Lllettas, Palma Mallorca and motored peacefully into the morning darkness at 0500 on Thursday 13th October. With light and variable winds we motored and sailed our way to the island of Ibiza. Fishing has become an enthusiastic past time onboard duringContinue reading “Palma to Motril”

You know a place is special when friends and family meet you on the dock on arrival and have countless offers to lend a hand and loan their washing machine! For the first week we hired a car for our grocery shopping and runs to and from our 2m2 storage block. The last few monthsContinue reading “We Love Palma”

Exploring the south can coast of Sardinia was magic. The crowds had left and we had a few nice anchorage’s all to ourselves. The Weather in the Med had started to turn. This time of year Easterly winds between Sardinia and Mallorca become rare. We needed to get to Mallorca to prepare for our AtlanticContinue reading “Sardinia to Mallorca”

We arrived in Favignana Sicily and anchored inside island of Preveto in time for a quick sail in the Walker bay dinghy before lunch. I began to admire the cliffs of the nearby mountain and after lunch we decided to attempt to climb up. Rowing ashore We rowed ashore and looked for a path, butContinue reading “Favignana Sicily”

After a fantastic few weeks visiting family and completing some big projects we have Departed Malta for Palma, sailing via Sicily and Sardinia. The forecast is light headwinds so we expect to arrive in Favignana Sicily late Tuesday night. Malta gave us the opportunity to complete the works on the radio station, get our radioContinue reading “Depart Malta”

Sunday Island set sail from Greece on the 21st August with fair winds from the north north west of 12-15kts. We enjoyed a nice afternoon sail with two reefs in the mainsail and all other sails set The first day was a bit bumpy due to a he shallow waters off Greece however once weContinue reading “Greece and Malta”

Sunday Island and her crew have now been cruising the Ionian Islands of Greece since mid July 2022. Our first main stop was Corfu (see previous blog) and then we began cruising our way south through the islands. After crusing Corfu and Ithica we sailed south to Atokos Island. The wind dropped out during ourContinue reading “Cruising Greece August 2022”

After a few days cruising Corfu we moved the boat into a marina so I could go and assist with the sale and delivery of the yacht Provenance. The marina was well situated around the charter yacht industry so had everything we needed, including a pool were Max and Issy spent the majority of theirContinue reading “Greece – Family fun and maintenance in remote locations”

We sailed from Sicily on Monday 11th July for the island if Corfu Greece. Winds for the first day were light, with a great forecast of a shy reach at 12-18kts from the NW for the remainder of the 3 day 2 night 260nm voyage. A few more days cruising Sicily would have been magic,Continue reading “Sicily to Greece 11th July 2022”