I have looked at Sardinia's marinas in terms of ease of access; value for money; weather conditions; sailing
area; facilities, and general attractiveness (given the mild winters) for both sailing and non sailing members.
I concluded that the ideal location was the NE corner and so have concentrated my efforts on that area.
For all marinas, electrics, water, showers toilets, nearby shops, are all givens:-
PORTO TORRES (Cormorano marina)
http://www.cormoranomarina.it/inglese/index.htm was by far the the cheapest. (1500 Euro's per year) However it is next to an oil terminal on the very exposed
NW coast and very few nearby marinas limits the sailing options for members.
This was reasonably priced at around 2500 Euro's per year, just off the NW coast and within easy reach of the La Maddalena
sailing area offering good shelter and varied sailing itineraries
PALAU (PORTO PORTICCIOLO) is ideally situated and met all my criteria, however I could not find a website for
them, and when I phoned their English speaking representative could not give me a price and told me that they were
full up for the next year, (which I didn't believe)
All the other Marinas in the NW area more or less charge around 6000 Euro's per year, I discounted all of them on price
over a year.
This left the only reasonable priced 1 year option as Porto Longonsardo
MARINA di PORTOROTONDO is perfectly placed for exploring both the NE and East coast as is the nearest (12 miles) to OLBIA
airport served by Easyjet. Check out the website
http://www.portorotondo.numera.it/ it has everything and would appeal to both sailing and non sailing members in terms of facilities, it also boasts a
winter "in water" maintenance scheme. The downside is the price at 5852 Euro's per year. They do however offer
a very attractive 9 month contract at only 1317 Euro's (not including July /Aug)
Well placed to explore the southern part of the island, close to the main town of Cagliari with the main airport
to the east. Annual rates approx 3000 Euro's
CONCLUSION:
Without doubt, Marina di Porto Rotondo offers fantastic value for money.
