Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

We continued up the beautiful and rugged east coast of Sardinia, anchoring in crystal clear water along the way

This summer more than any other we have been blessed with so many "sea puppies" (dolphins). There have been more, up to 12-14 at a time to come and play with us along the bow. And they have stayed longer than ever before. We are always so thrilled as we giggle and holler like children, applauding them as they show off for us, that we forget to take any pictures to show you. They jump out of the water, then roll over on their sides to look up at us to make sure we are appreciating them. Playful Sea Puppies we thank you !!!

For Full Moon we anchored in a cove facing east so that we were able to celebrate her rising right out of the water in all of her fullness. She rose pink, then golden, then brilliantly white in all of her glory.














We continued north up the coast to what is called Costa
Smeralda, a very rich and exclusive part of the coast. It was developed by the Aga Khan and the harmonious blend of architecture with the awesome landscape is said to be unique in the world. It is also the coast where the "rich and famous" come to play.

The Hotel Cala di Volpe in the picture below was featured in one of the James Bond movies and the presidential suite is said to go for $32,000 per night.  

So of course we just had to anchor in this gorgeous area and watch the BIG SUPER YACHTS come and go. This time of year they all come over from Rome and the mainland to show off their new floating toys worth millions of dollars. All of the beautiful people arrive and rock stars like Mick Jagger and Rod Stewart along with royalty come to play. It is quite entertaining !!!

In fact some of you might remember a TV series years ago called "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" hosted by Robin Leach. Well, it's kinda like that for us as we sit all day in the cockpit and watch the Big Boys with their toys, and staff bringing them their cocktails on their verandas.

The yacht named "Dilbar" is one of the largest in the world and came in and anchored for days in our cove. It has a staff of 48  and a helicopter on board. Note the helicopter in the pictures and notice as it took off. It was very entertaining for us for days.

Also during the day a party boat called "Guilty" comes into our anchorage just to amuse us.

Next comes the scantily clad bikini babes on the boat "Billionaire" to invite us to come to the "who knows where" club to party.

On the 4th of July, we vaguely remembered what day it was and then promptly forgot---until we were woken up late with loud big bangs. As we quickly scrambled out of bed and on to the deck we were pleasantly surprised by a fantastic fireworks display off of the hill in our cove. Since we never see any other Americans over here, we could only conclude that it was all for us and our Independence Day and how "Special" we are....

This picture represents another big day for us. We called it "RWS". Not for "Richard Woodrow Stone" but for "Richard Went Swimming". The Captain finally made his debut in the water on July 6th when the water finally got warm enough for his beautiful body !!!

We have now moved on to the north coast of Sardinia where we are trapped like rats awaiting a weather window to sail on to the Spanish island of Mallorca. "Trapped like rats" because there has been a Big Blow (Mistral wind) for days and days here and we are unable to move. But this too shall pass and we really have nothing to complain about. We have each other here on EcstaSea....what more is there ?


 Robin Leach used to end his show of "The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" with this signature phrase: "Caviar Wishes and Champagne Dreams". We don't want caviar and champagne, we just want our own wishes and dreams, don't you????