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Navigation #122 Venezia-Chioggia, leaving Venice to get back our jib and genoa!

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  We did go back to Chioggia via the sea this time as there was wind. We even sailed at 5.7 knots with just the mainsail. We did 19 NM at 4 knots average in more than 4h. We were happy to get back the sails, it did cost 900 euros to get new UV strips.

Navigation #121 Chioggia-Venice, full of adventures, leaving our sails, rescuing a boat and...

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  Crazy sailing today! Without sails.. Well, we left our genoa and jib for repair at Chioggia before leaving to Venice. No wind so we changed our way from going to Venice via the sea to going through the laguna. saved us some time. But in the way, we saw a sailboat stuck in the venetian mud. We helped the other boat helping them with additional towing. They gave us a bottle of prosecco. Then arrived in Venice through the gran canale as our marina is just in front of Piazza San Marco! What a day. And it wasn't over as we met with Nico's parent at Piazza san Marco later that afternoon. We stayed 3 nights in Venice, right in front of Piazza San Marco, in the San Giorgio island.  We visited Venice, Murano and Burano! Before parting with Nico's parents once again.  Our stopover in Venice: Our stopover in Murano and Burano: