We left Gaeta on Sunday June 17th at 8:30 AM with the sun shining and the autopilot working and no leaks of diesel – life is good! We didn’t have too much wind but enough to put up the main and the stay sail and headed to our first destination, the Isla Ischia. We were averaging 5 knots with the help of the engine, but later in the day the winds picked up so we slowed down the engine as we did not want to get to the anchorage too early. We have been told that this is a popular anchorage that we are headed to, but are hoping with it being Sunday many would be returning home for the workweek ahead. We will see if this works out in practice. The island we were heading
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