Gibban

 Sunrise over Naples and Mt Vesuvius from the deck of Alcheringa July 27-28, 2013   It was now time for our final jump down into the Bay of Naples where we would celebrate Karen’s birthday, visit the ruins of Pompeii and finally meet up with Karen’s parents, Trevor and Joy, who would be joining us for a couple of weeks on Alcheringa as part of an extended, overseas holiday. We were up and underway by 7.30 with a course set to take us across the bay a fair way offshore to the channel between the mainland and Isola di Procida , the northern gateway to the Golfo di Napoli . We motored across the flat sea for the first hour or so and then turned into the emerging gentle south easterly breeze to raise the mainsail. Turning back on course and motor sailing, this provided us with a small lift in speed. The wind had been predicted to swing progressively through 180 degrees before freshening later and, for a change, that’s pretty much what happened. We were constantly trimming the sails ...