Friday 5 October 2014 - Marzamemi

Richard woke up early at about 6:45 and I followed 15 minutes later.  The idea is to get away by 8:00am to get to Marzamemi before the forecast rain starts.  We manage to leave on time having paid for our really pleasant three days here in Siracusa.  The weather does not look like it will rain.  There are some clouds around, but it is very bright and there is little wind.

We take turns having a little nap in the morning.  I do the second watch. Richard had put up the genoa, but I can’t see that it is doing anything.  The wind (all 4 knots of it) has shifted around a bit and I try taking the sail over to the other side.  But in such light wind, it won’t do anything.  So I take the sail in myself, which is unusual.  But I do a neat job of it.

We get to Marzamemi in very good time.  We arrive just after 12:30.  We have trouble finding a person to show us where to moor.  I have called them up on the radio and although he seems to speak good English, he doesn’t understand that we are already in the harbour and we see him leave the harbour in his rib to find us!  But eventually we get together and are moored up just fine. 

I don’t really have anything much on board for lunch, particularly without any bread, so we go out to eat instead.  We have a Frito Misto (mixed fried fish), which we’ve hardly had at all so far.  It is still very nice weather.  So we walk in to town.  There is very little doing here, although we were warned that they take their siesta time here very seriously!

Back at the harbour we find that the Oyster has arrived.  We finally meet them properly, Roger and Lynn and their son Charles.  We have tea on board, which is fun.  They will leave for Ragusa tomorrow.  We will see what the weather does, but Richard thinks that even if it is raining, we should go if the wind is OK.

We have dinner on board.  I try out a recipe for Steak Piazziola, which isn’t bad, but the meat as expected is not good, but then that is the idea of this dish.  Can’t seem to keep awake, so it is early to bed with the idea of an early start again, and then finally to our destination.