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Pablo Berrus departs La Ràpita, Tarragona at 5:50 a.m. bound for Stintino, Sardinia, a passage of roughly 400 nautical miles.Watch The first hour runs under motor inside the bay, with sails raised once clear of it.0:10 Navigation tools include OpenCPN below decks and a mobile app for position tracking, with hourly position, wind speed, and boat speed logged by hand on a paper chart.1:36 The planned route includes a fuel stop at Mahón, Menorca, then continues toward Ciudadela before the open crossing to Sardinia.2:23 By the third day, wind has dropped to nearly nothing — one knot — forcing the boat to motor through a calm with light swell.5:21 Arrival at Stintino is expected the following midday.5:26 Pablo's parents are aboard for the passage.5:37 The crossing illustrates a common western Mediterranean summer pattern: light or absent wind requiring extended motoring on a multi-day offshore leg.

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