Raffaellesco - Bill and Suzette's Sailing Adventure

 10/18/2025-Genoa, Italy Up early for another sunny day but less wind. The list of chores is getting shorter. We took advantage of the calm weather to take a run out of the harbor and blow out the turbo charger. From the sea you can see how vast the city of Genoa really is. It is Saturday so there are no updates on our ship. I can see on AIS that it is still parked in Carrera. View of Genoa In the afternoon we moved off the boat and into a VRBO next to the port, just 2 blocks from the boat. We like to get off the boat before we put it away so we can wash the linens and more easily clean the boat. We got a load of laundry in and returned to the boat to continue cleaning. 10/19/2025-Genoa, Italy The sun was shining once again; we are very happy with the dry weather so we can put the boat away dry. More cleaning and last-minute chores now that we are off the boat. Glad the apartment is close as we made several trips back and forth. It was Sunday so there were lots of people walk...

 10/7/2025-Rio Marina Anchorage, Isla di Elba, Italy Up with the sun. A load of laundry and some trip planning before continuing up the cost. The wind never came up so it was an uneventful motorboat ride to Cala de Medici. This is a very nice marina that we have stayed in before. After settling the boat and checking in we enjoyed a good walk into town. The vegetable stand was still in business so we stocked up on some fresh food. Across the street is a Coop, the biggest I have ever seen. Most of our grocery stores are small by American standards so it is shocking when you find a store the size of a Vons. Just a couple items and we were on our way. More remnants from the mining days Beautiful mansion tucked into the rocky point This part of the Ligurian coast is just one long beach with occasional low cliffs. Finding a protected anchorage or having no swell on an open sea is nearly impossible. So going into a marina is a bit of a necessity rather than a luxury. 10/8/2025-Cala de...