Marina di Ragusa

Marina di Ragusa is on the south coast of Sicily, it has a large well run boating marina and is a popular place for people to leave their boats over the winter months.  We became familiar with this small town as we spent much of August there and then during the last few days of our 2013 sailing adventures as we readied the boat for the cold windy months ahead.  In winter there is a population of about 4,000, in the summer months it swells to 60,000 with shops and bars doing a lively business.

This beach is enjoyed by hundreds of sun worshippers in July and August.
Marina is in background

The 'lungomare' greatly enjoyed by visitors on summer evenings

It's a modern seaside town devoid of ugly apartment blocks and it has a beautiful long sandy beach which attracts hundreds of families during July and August.  There's a very smart lungomare, the seaside promenade, which attracts Italian families for the evening walk - passeggiata.

Moody B'Lou

Moody B'Lou stripped of sails and ready to be hoisted out of the water...

Are those straps strong enough?  Alan watches........

It's always sad to see the boat lifted out of the water.

The marina had a good bar where we enjoyed a late breakfast most mornings, we occasionally headed there in the evening too for our daily game of scrabble accompanied by a large 'bicchiere de vino rosso'.

 Sunset seen from the boat on our last nautical evening for 2013.