bailey boat cat

Happy world turtle day everyone! The day is too encourage us all to respect, learn about and protect one of the worlds oldest creatures. The American Tortoise Rescue (ATR) is sponsoring it’s 13th annual world turtle day! You can find out more about them here. I have learnt so much since we got my pet […]

Home sweet home!

We’re back in Rome! One of the great things about sailing away in Nocturne is that we never actually left home! Our home came with us! But now she’s back in her berth in our marina. Yesterday at 5.30 the humans got up and the next thing I knew the anchor was coming up, the […]

Fish are friends!

I’ve been really enjoying learning how to fish. The humans make it sound really difficult but in reality it’s fairly simple. You prepare your line. Then you cast your line and wait… This part is great, it gives you time to contemplate life and enjoy being out in the ocean. When you feel a little […]

Evening swim…

Well the humans have been for several swims since we’ve been out here enjoying our holiday. Last night I got quite flustered and decided hey you only live once and I just leapt in off the bow! I don’t really know what possessed me to make such a spectacle of myself in a busy weekend […]

Sail repair.

When we lowered the sails yesterday I spotted that we had a sign of wear along the seam of the leech. This is obviously not good! We put it down to regular wear and tear, however, to prolong the life of the sail and to prevent any further damage we decided to repair it. We […]

Kedging for Sir Sirocco’s visit

For the last two nights I’ve been very excited to meet Sir Sirocco. The humans were getting very excitable about someone called Sirocco coming. They put everything away and tidied up both on deck and in the cabin. When they got the kedge anchor out I knew this guy must be someone important. Our main […]

Beach fun!

Today we motored to the other side of Ponza and anchored in Chiaia di Luna. We decided to take a trip to the beach. I love looking at Nocturne while she’s out on anchor, I think she looks so beautiful. It was my first steps on land for a few days and it was good […]