Chris and Jo taking a walk around the Citadel

Jo and Chris sail to Corsica 11th -18th Oct

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October 27th 2008
Saturday 11th October Departure Villefranche/France to Calvi /Corsica: 6.25am It’s an early start as we have a long way to go. It’s not that calm today but Chris and Jo were still asleep when we left the harbour. We put the main sail up around 9am. It’s choppy and we need to calm the boat a bit. Poor Jo ends up feeling sick but she doesn’t know if it’s sea-sickness or something else b ... read more

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