Hallberg Rassy 44: Champagne Sailing is Over. Italy to Montenegro. Sailing Breezy Ep24 S3 4K

Nicole and I travel along the coast of southern Italy across the Bay of Taranto to a lovely marina in Leuca located at the southern most point on the heal of mainland Italy. We spent 5 days there waiting for a suitable weather window. Suitable is a relative term as northern winds in the Adriatic stirred the seas and made our overnight passage quite the experience. Breezy handled the rough seas better than we did and the push button sailing made easy work of the multiple sail changes necessary for me to find one that suited the sea state during our upwind slog. We arrived in Albania and performed the check in, check out process resetting the EU timeline for ourselves and more importantly, for Breezy. We spent a night outside of Durres in pleasant conditions and then made our way to the Bay of Tivat, Montenegro. Stunning is how I would describe Montenegro as we did not expect such breathtaking views or such elegant marina conditions.