The fifth leg: Stromboli 

From Vulcano to Stromboli it took us 4 hours to sail 26 miles including a quick stop over in Lipari to refuel (just in case).

As we get close to Stromboli, the Volcano sight is very impressive

Anche di giorno, la sciara del fuoco è assolutamente mozzafiato

In attesa della notte, per recarci nuovamente al largo della sciara del fuoco diamo un’occhiata all’altezza di Ficogrande dove ancoreremo per la notte. Il tempo e buono e la zona con fondali che vanno dai 6 ai 15 metri è ampia. Per cui ci posizioniamo temporaneamente, per la cena, sulla batimetrica dei 10metri, in prossimità del campo boe.

At sunset we weighed anchor and sailed off the Sciara del fuoco shore to enjoy Stromboli's night eruptions.

A questo punto, possiamo tornare in prossimità del campo boe di Ficogrande per passare la notte.

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Fourth leg: Vulcano 

Dring the fourth leg we moved from Panarea to Vulcano, where we moored at Baia di Levante marina. After topping up the water tanks we go to the hot water beach and great crater climbing.

The light gale from the day before marks our trip from Panarea to Vulcano. Wind speed is 15-20kts. Given the crew expertise I decided to reduce the genoa size to avoid heeling, especially under gust. As soon as we got to Levante port, wind and waves disappeared.

Vulcano baths are closed, but at the hot water beach, digging a bit I was able to get some mud for a facial mask.

Eventually we climbed the Vulcano's great crater

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Third leg: Panarea

Weather forecast for today's afternoon is wind 10-15kts from west, north-west and waves height 1-1.5m. Anchoring in exposed areas might not be pleasant, so the plan is to sail to Panarea, alongside Cala Junco and anchor in between Lisca Bianca and Bottaro for lunch. Since the weather will get worse, we'll move to San Pietro for dinner and spend the night when it does.

Cala Junco beach is too busy, we decided to skip trying to anchor there.

In between Lisca Bianca and Bottare we found a good anchoring area at 15 metres depth

At 2 pm the gale reaches us. Anchoring is still good with 15kts wind and 20kts gust. Most of the boats in the area decided to leave. At 4.30pm we decided to leave too and have some fun sailing before heading to San Pietro, where we will spend the night.

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Second leg: Salina 

We weigh the anchor from the pumice quarries and sailed to Salina

Today we have wind and we have some fun sailing toward Pollara

Pollara is quite busy but nevertheless we could drop the anchor at 10 metres depth.

After a good swim we sailed around Salina passing alongside Rinella and Lingua.

Santa Maria is really overcrowded. Anchoring areas available are at 20meters depth. I have no wish to discuss with unskilled skippers who have still not learnt all the anchored boats rotate the same way and setting the anchor on a boat aft is the best way to avoid interference with other boats, therefore we decide to go back to Lipari and spend the night at the pumice quarries.

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