ARRIVAL
Flights to Naples from many German airports. From there, a 20 to 30-minute taxi transfer to Procida or Castellamare or Salerno (around 60 minutes). Taxis cost around 30 euros per person to Procida and around 50 to 60 euros to the other harbours. To get to Procida, a ferry crossing of around 35 to 60 minutes is necessary, depending on the ferry for around 15 euros per person. Taxis are expensive in Italy, a group transfer organised via the base by minibus can be worthwhile.
CHARTER
There are charter fleets near Naples, on the island of Procida, in Castellamare di Stabia or Salerno. The start on Procida is scenic, but the journey by ferry is a little more complicated. The other harbours are on the mainland. There is a relatively wide range of fleets for this relatively small area.
WIND & WEATHER
Campania tends to be a light wind area. North-westerly (Tramontana) or weak westerly winds are predominant in summer. Less frequently, the Libeccio blows from the south-west and the Scirroco from the south. On the Amalfi Coast, jets and gusts of wind can sometimes be expected due to the high mountains, and strong thunderstorms can form in front of the mountains. If the wind turns to the south and becomes stronger, swell can quickly build up and reach many anchor bays.
NAVIGATION & SEAFARING
However, there are two large nature reserves, one around Ischia and Procida (www.nettunoamp.org), the other from Sorrento around Cape Punta Campanella to just before Positano, including the small islands of Galli with beautiful anchorages (www. parks.it/riserva.marina.punta.campanella/Epar.php.) Within this zone there are some restricted areas and anchorage bans, the latter often ignored by the Italians. Important: generally keep 300 metres away from the beach when anchoring in the region! Bathing beaches are often cordoned off with buoys and lines.
HARBOURS & ANCHORAGES
The harbours are usually very simply equipped, some with modest sanitary facilities. However, water, electricity and mooring lines are available. The price level is nevertheless very high, a berth for a 44-foot boat costs 95 to 125 euros in the low season and 100 to 175 euros in the high season. The marina in Capri is extremely expensive, where you pay 275 euros per night for such a boat in the high season without water and electricity. There are a number of anchorages around the islands, but many are not very well protected. There are buoy fields in places, larger ones on the south coast of Capri or off Positano. A night there usually costs 40 or 50 euros. Off Positano, this includes a free transfer to the beach on the operator's boats.
LITERATURE & NAUTICAL CHARTS
R. Heikell: Coastal Handbook Italy, Edition Maritim. Official Italian pleasure craft charts IT P4 and Nauticard 4003 for the islands.
TERRITORY CHARACTERISTICS
Hardly any other hunting ground offers such a great combination of a verycharming mainland coast andbeautiful islands just a few miles in front of it. The approximately 20-mile-longAmalfi Coast is simply spectacular: steeply toweringMountains, lots of greenery and on the slopes, beautiful villages nestle in the crevices of the rocks. Colourful houses, winding alleyways with historic buildings, often enough with that unmistakable patina.Positano, Amalfi, Minori- all of which are definitely worth a visit. This may occasionally hide the fact that Campania is one of the structurally weakest regions in Italy with high unemployment.
Andas a contrast in additionthe islands off the coast: Ischia,CapriandProcidareal beauties where tourism is booming. All of them offer either a harbour or anchorage or buoyage, at least if the weather is not too rough. However, this is only the case here in the early and late season; in the summer months, the Gulf of Naples is considered a light wind destination.
Springboard for the district is theGulf of Napleswhich, in contrast, is rather unattractive. There are rare exceptions, such as the very attractive Sorrento in the south. The next destination is often only two to three hours' sailing time, and those who don't like sailing miles will only just make it round the islands and the Amalfi Coast100 nautical miles.
There is usually a typical Italian flair on site, although there are plenty of tourists on Capri and the Amalfi Coast during the season.
The beauty of the area brings him many crews in the summer, whichBerths then often become scarcewhich also explains the very highPort price level explained here. In addition, you shouldn't expect too much from the facilities, sanitary facilities are often rather basic or even non-existent, fortunately some buoy fields help to alleviate the lack of mooring space.
All in all, this is an area that offers the most beautiful sides of Italy, poses hardly any navigational problems and is really worth seeing. And those who value a varied land programme will find plenty to do: historically, there is the old Roman settlement south of Salerno, a visit to Pompeii and Vesuvius can be ideally combined before or after departure. In culinary terms, there are wineries, mozzarella farms (near Agropoli), pasta factories (Agropoli) and limoncello production to visit - and you are right at the forefront of the culinary scene here.
