Sailing Italy: A Cruising Companion to Campania, the Aeolians and Sardinia
Sailing Italy is now available on Amazon. It is the fifth sailing title in our Travel Guides series, joining Sailing Greece, Sailing the Eastern Aegean, Sailing Croatia and Sailing Britain.
Three Cruising Grounds
The book covers Campania (Procida, Ischia, Capri, Sorrento, Positano and Amalfi), the Aeolian Islands (Lipari, Vulcano, Salina, Panarea and Stromboli) and northeast Sardinia with the Maddalena archipelago and the Strait of Bonifacio. Each ground gets stop-by-stop profiles, a sample week and a day-by-day breakdown, with extensions to the Phlegraean coast, the Pontine Islands and Tavolara.
Matched to Your Crew
It is written for crews stepping up from dinghy sailing or a first flotilla week, and for experienced skippers new to Italy. It explains which ground suits bareboat, flotilla or skippered sailing, and what to do when the wind changes the plan.
Wind, Moorings and Marine Parks
Chapters cover Italian winds such as the scirocco and maestrale, stern-to and buoy mooring, anchoring with care for seagrass, and a primer on Italy's marine protected area zones. Rules at places like La Maddalena, Bonifacio and Capri change, so the book explains how to check the current position before you sail rather than printing figures that will date.
An Honest Planning Guide
This is a planning and decision companion, not a pilot book. There are no invented prices or reader quotes, and the book says plainly what to verify locally. Always use current charts, official pilots and local advice.