day 4 - aug 8th

today we sailed up to arbatax, a nice little port, after doing a LONG tack out to sea and back. while out there we found dolphins (or they found us, rather) twice! no pics cause they swim too fast. here's barbie checking out the sailor's guide/map:
we didn't do much motoring because vince tried to make an ad hoc oil cooler, and the gauges said we then lost all oil pressure. we got in late at night, but there were nice dock people to guide us in. and they had showers!

and here's arbatax, with its very distinctive mountain ridge


and the town itself.