Catania to Crotone

• Taormina
• Capo Spartivento
• Capo Rizzuto
• Le Castella

Day by day

1. 1 Day 1 Welcome aboard in Catania

   Embarkation from 18:00 in Catania. Meet your skipper and fellow sailors, settle into your cabin and enjoy the first evening on board. Baroque black-stone city at the foot of Etna, with its famous fish market and lively evenings.

2. 2 Day 2 Catania → Taormina ≈ 25 NM · 4 h sailing

   Sail from Catania to Taormina: about 25 NM, roughly 4 hours under sail, with a swim stop along the way. Anchored in the bay of Giardini Naxos below Taormina: the Greek theatre, Isola Bella and Mount Etna on the horizon.

3. 3 Day 3 A day around Taormina

   No long passage today: the skipper chooses the best bays around Taormina for swimming, snorkelling and lunch at anchor, depending on the wind. Evening ashore or under the stars.

4. 4 Day 4 Taormina → Capo Spartivento ≈ 43 NM · 7 h sailing

   Sail from Taormina to Capo Spartivento: about 43 NM, roughly 7 hours under sail, with a swim stop along the way. The southern tip of mainland Italy, where the Ionian meets the Strait of Messina: wild coast, a lighthouse and long empty beaches.

5. 5 Day 5 Capo Spartivento → Capo Rizzuto ≈ 88 NM · 14.5 h sailing

   Open-sea passage from Capo Spartivento to Capo Rizzuto: about 88 NM, often sailed overnight or with an early start, depending on the wind. One of the largest marine reserves in Italy: posidonia meadows, turquoise shallows and some of the clearest water of the Ionian Sea.

6. 6 Day 6 Capo Rizzuto → Le Castella ≈ 4 NM · 1 h sailing

   Sail from Capo Rizzuto to Le Castella: about 4 NM, roughly 1 hours under sail, with a swim stop along the way. An Aragonese fortress standing on an islet joined to the shore: a magical anchorage at sunset.

7. 7 Day 7 Le Castella → Crotone ≈ 13 NM · 2 h sailing

   Sail from Le Castella to Crotone: about 13 NM, roughly 2 hours under sail, with a swim stop along the way. An ancient Greek city on the Ionian coast, with a lively marina, a Charles V castle and the gateway to the Capo Rizzuto marine reserve.

8. 8 Day 8 Farewell in Crotone

   Breakfast on board and disembarkation by 10:00.

The programme is a guide: the skipper adapts the route to the weather, the sea and the group, always putting safety first.

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