well its been a week of contrasts we have had weather from good-bad and oh my god what am I doing here. The forecast was for 10 knots of wind and we were hit with 30-35 knots not pretty at all the boat was corkscrewing and I was huddled in the companionway rethinking my life but we made it to Salerno. Then on to Camerota and the Tropea. Today we left Tropea and did the Messina Straits 13 hrs. So tomorrow we will be in Siracusa.