Cruising Info for Procida:-
Anchorages - Corricella 40 45.322N 14 01.460E 9.5m sand and weed
Communications - WIND dongle ok, TIM and Vodafone on phone ok
Money - ATM's over in northern town
Provisions - small minimarket and bakery up hill by church, better provisions over in northern bay
Formalities - of course not!
Cruising Info for Ischia and Ventotene:-
Anchorages -
Castello d'Ishia (Southern Bay): Deleted lat/long in error, whoops. 9.6m weed and sand, zoom chart right in to see the non anchoring area. We paid €2.50 each, each way for the water taxi. Other boats did manage to find places to leave dinghy but its not very easy
Ventotene: lat/long deleted as incorrect sorry. 9m sand, weed and rock. We couldn't tuck in any closer as it was all buoyed off for swimming areas. There were about 20 yachts in the Roman harbour, bit lively coming out into the nor'easter as its a tiny entrance. Good half way point to Ponza but wouldn't stop there again, maybe further down around the island a little would have been better.
Communications - No WIND signal for dongle in either, poor Vodafone and no TIM on phones Money - ATM's on Ischia
Provisions - Good supermarket on left side on main road in Ischia towards main town
Formalities - no, no,no!
Cruising info for Ponza:-
Anchorages - Ponza 40 54.274N 12 57.907E 9m sand with weedy patches
Communications - Vodafone and TIM signal ok but we couldn't get WIND for dongle. Could get it further out in anchorage (better line around headland to aerial) and ashore so took laptop and dongle in and sat and had a coffee
Money - ATM on main waterfront ****Can't remember limit here but limit in Sardinia is only €250 per transaction, some machines worse at €200****
Provisions - Lots of minimarkets, fruit/veg shops, 3 butchers. Conad supermarket on waterfront round to right, through the tunnel and along a little. Also deli along there with best bread so far in Italy and yummy ricotta tarts
Formalities - Coastguard buzzed around but never stopped by
OFF TO SARDINIA FROM HERE, SEE SEPARATE POSTING UNDER SARDINIA
Cruising info for Marina di Campo and Porto Azzurro on Elba:-
Anchorages -
Marina di Campo 42 44.699N 10 14.504E 8.5m sand, just a little roll sometimes
Porto Azzurro 42 45.602N 10 23.648E 9.5m sand. (Sundancer II were slightly in front of us and got their chain wrapped around a huge piece of machinery on the bottom. We had had changeable winds and had moved direction frequently. They eventually cleared it, with Mark in the water directing them around the obstruction.)
Communications - yippee, back in dongle land!! but .... it didn't work. Topped up just 5Euro in WIND shop in Portoferraio which got it back into action. Phone signals good.
Ashore - Dinghies can be left on beaches in both or tie to wall in harbour/marina. Both towns had everything you need. Good supermarkets in both (Marina di Campo best one by bus station/tourist office). Got diesel from marina in Porto Azzurro, didn't note price.
Sightseeing - Our bus to Portoferraio was 4.50Euro each return, slightly more if you buy ticket from driver. There is also a one day pass valid for all the island. The tourist office is right by the bus station in Marina di Campo. They gave us a list of car hire places. Our car (small and only 2 door) was only 45Euro from 9am to 7pm and we put in 15Euro fuel. We collected it from Centro Noleggio, on the main road out of town about 10mins walk, the office is a wooden shed with a postage stamp sized sign, in a carpark with several pushbikes and motorbikes parked in front.
Anchorages - Corricella 40 45.322N 14 01.460E 9.5m sand and weed
Communications - WIND dongle ok, TIM and Vodafone on phone ok
Money - ATM's over in northern town
Provisions - small minimarket and bakery up hill by church, better provisions over in northern bay
Formalities - of course not!
Cruising Info for Ischia and Ventotene:-
Anchorages -
Castello d'Ishia (Southern Bay): Deleted lat/long in error, whoops. 9.6m weed and sand, zoom chart right in to see the non anchoring area. We paid €2.50 each, each way for the water taxi. Other boats did manage to find places to leave dinghy but its not very easy
Ventotene: lat/long deleted as incorrect sorry. 9m sand, weed and rock. We couldn't tuck in any closer as it was all buoyed off for swimming areas. There were about 20 yachts in the Roman harbour, bit lively coming out into the nor'easter as its a tiny entrance. Good half way point to Ponza but wouldn't stop there again, maybe further down around the island a little would have been better.
Communications - No WIND signal for dongle in either, poor Vodafone and no TIM on phones Money - ATM's on Ischia
Provisions - Good supermarket on left side on main road in Ischia towards main town
Formalities - no, no,no!
Cruising info for Ponza:-
Anchorages - Ponza 40 54.274N 12 57.907E 9m sand with weedy patches
Communications - Vodafone and TIM signal ok but we couldn't get WIND for dongle. Could get it further out in anchorage (better line around headland to aerial) and ashore so took laptop and dongle in and sat and had a coffee
Money - ATM on main waterfront ****Can't remember limit here but limit in Sardinia is only €250 per transaction, some machines worse at €200****
Provisions - Lots of minimarkets, fruit/veg shops, 3 butchers. Conad supermarket on waterfront round to right, through the tunnel and along a little. Also deli along there with best bread so far in Italy and yummy ricotta tarts
Formalities - Coastguard buzzed around but never stopped by
OFF TO SARDINIA FROM HERE, SEE SEPARATE POSTING UNDER SARDINIA
Cruising info for Marina di Campo and Porto Azzurro on Elba:-
Anchorages -
Marina di Campo 42 44.699N 10 14.504E 8.5m sand, just a little roll sometimes
Porto Azzurro 42 45.602N 10 23.648E 9.5m sand. (Sundancer II were slightly in front of us and got their chain wrapped around a huge piece of machinery on the bottom. We had had changeable winds and had moved direction frequently. They eventually cleared it, with Mark in the water directing them around the obstruction.)
Communications - yippee, back in dongle land!! but .... it didn't work. Topped up just 5Euro in WIND shop in Portoferraio which got it back into action. Phone signals good.
Ashore - Dinghies can be left on beaches in both or tie to wall in harbour/marina. Both towns had everything you need. Good supermarkets in both (Marina di Campo best one by bus station/tourist office). Got diesel from marina in Porto Azzurro, didn't note price.
Sightseeing - Our bus to Portoferraio was 4.50Euro each return, slightly more if you buy ticket from driver. There is also a one day pass valid for all the island. The tourist office is right by the bus station in Marina di Campo. They gave us a list of car hire places. Our car (small and only 2 door) was only 45Euro from 9am to 7pm and we put in 15Euro fuel. We collected it from Centro Noleggio, on the main road out of town about 10mins walk, the office is a wooden shed with a postage stamp sized sign, in a carpark with several pushbikes and motorbikes parked in front.
