Season 4, already back on dry land

My mother-in-law said to us recently, “You’re having a bit of a bumpy start to the season aren’t you”. She’s not wrong, and this week it got even more interesting. Last Friday we finally collected the...

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Captain's Log Greece

Wed 12 Jun to Fri 14 Jun – Palaia Epidavros

We dropped the hook in Palaia Epidavros. It’s a small town with a few tavernas and a town quay mostly taken up by charter boats. We were initially thinking to moor up to the quay as this would make the oil change we had...

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Captain's Log Greece

Tue 11 Jun – Corinth to Kofos

We left the overnight anchorage at Corinth after a good night sleep. While it was great to stay here after coming through the Corinth canal, the anchorage was a bit boring, with the oil refinery being the most...

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Captain's Log Greece

Mon 10 Jun – Corinth Canal

We planned an early start for the day as it looked like the last with some wind before a week or so with no wind. Staying true to our mantra “less engine, more sailing” we wanted to make use of it and see if we could...

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Captain's Log Greece

Fri 7 Jun to Sun 9 Jun – Relaxing days in Galaxidi

Friday On Friday we continued to Galaxidi. We had wind for the first hour or so (which allowed us to test our jib fix, all good so far) but it then dropped off so we motored the rest of the way. Our friends on Polaris...

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Captain's Log Greece

Wed 5 Jun and Thu 6 Jun – Jib nightmares in Trizonia

Wednesday We were having a good run of favourable wind so we were off again on Wednesday heading further east into the Gulf of Patras. We hoisted the sails as we rounded the last buoy and sailed along on a beam reach...

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Captain's Log Greece

Tue 4 Jun – Zakynthos to Missolonghi

On Tuesday we sailed north from Zakynthos to the first anchorage in the Gulf of Patras called Missolonghi. We’d waited a few days for favourable wind and it paid off as we sailed the full 35NM. The entrance to the...

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Captain's Log Greece

Fri 31 May to Mon 3 Jun – Keri, Zakynthos

We had an unnecessarily restless night in Porto Vromi. We were safely tied up to a secure mooring ball but somehow we couldn’t sleep. We’re cognisant now of the fact that when we’re tired we can feel a bit uneasy, and...

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Captain's Log Greece

Thu 30 May – Shipwreck Beach

The main reason for us wanting to visit the southern most Ionian island of Zakynthos was to see the infamous Shipwreck Bay. According to Wikipedia: On 2 October 1980, a freight-liner, the MV Panagiotis, ran aground in...

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Captain's Log Greece

Tue 28 May and Wed 29 May – Arriving on Zakynthos

So here’s some news for you – sailing and boozing don’t actually go well together. Or, at least sailing and being hungover don’t as I had to find out on Tuesday, as we’d had a few too many drinks on our friend’s...

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Captain's Log Greece

Sat 25 May to Mon 27 May – A few days in Vathy

We spent a few days holed up in Vathy waiting out some gnarly S/E winds that were on the forecast, but didn’t end up materialising. Even though weather forecasting has become much better, with models such as ECMWF...

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Captain's Log Greece

Thu 23 May and Fri 24 May – Vlicho to Ithaca, at great speed!

After another peaceful nights sleep we left Vlicho bay, turned the corner and headed south towards Vathy which is about half way down the east side of the island of Ithaca. We’re planning on going through the Corinth...

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Captain's Log Greece

Mon 20 May – Vonitsa to Vlicho

Sleeping at anchor is always a bit hit and miss, and we woke up feeling quite smug about having slept a full night and then some. We would probably still be in bed to this day if it had not been for a crow that had...

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Captain's Log Greece

Mon 21 May and Tue 22 May – Vlicho Bay, Lefkas

Somehow we managed to lose our windex over the winter. For you non-sailors out there, a windex is a fancy name for a little weather vane that sits on top of the mast and allows you to see quickly where the wind is...

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Captain's Log Greece

Sun 19 May – Preveza to Vonitsa

Have I mentioned yet that one of the things we want to do differently this season is to sail more and run the engine less? I must have mentioned it before. 😀 Part of the reason is that sailing is just so much more fun...

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Captain's Log Greece

Sun 18 May – Preveza

Preveza (which means passage) is the proud owner of the only undersea tunnel in Greece. Opened in 2002 at a cost of 90m EURs its 1.5 mile length connects Epirus with Preveza and has greatly shortened the travel time...

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Captain's Log Greece

Fri 17 May – Paxos to Préveza

Sometimes, things just work out the way you planned. Today was one of those days. One of the things we want to do differently this season is sail more, and make better use of the wind. If that means waiting for a couple...

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Captain's Log Greece

Tue 14 May to Thu 16 May – Gaios, Paxos

Tuesday Having rather run out of things to do on Syvota, we headed across to Paxos. Paxos, together with its smaller sister Antipaxos are the smallest of the seven principal Ionian Islands in Greece and known for having...

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Captain's Log Greece

Sat 11 May to Mon 13 May – Syvota

Saturday After a rolly night at anchor we were up and out by 09:00, together with our neighbour whose tired wave indicated he too got little sleep. We knew there wouldn’t be much wind but motoring the 25 or so miles to...

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Captain's Log Greece

Fri 10 May – DEPKA and Corfu

After a few hours sleep we woke up feeling very groggy and wondered whether we shouldn’t just put off Mission DEPKA until tomorrow. Oh, the dreaded DEPKA. Greece is one of the only European...

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Captain's Log Greece

Mon 6 May – Passage making, how not to do it

Here is one thing that you might not know about sailing: sometimes, you are not sailing at all! Instead you are spending all day holed up in the bowels of your boat, praying to the weather gods to make the bloody wind...

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Captain's Log Italy

Sun 28 Apr to Fri 3 May – First sails of the season!

Marina di Ragusa to Portopalo Distance: 35NMSunday 28th April. Departed 09:00, arrived 15:30 Our original plan was to sail around to Syracuse today, a journey of approximately 12 hours so we wanted to be up and out by...

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Captain's Log Italy

The start of our 2019 sailing season

For those of you who have been wondering about what’s going on with us, here is a quick recap of our story over the last few months. Originally, our plan was to take a year or two off and go sailing, get this whole...

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Alright, summer’s over, back to work everyone

We were up early on Friday laden with 100kgs of luggage as we dragged ourselves up to the bus stop, stopping off for coffee and a last cornetti on the way. We flew via Düsseldorf, landed in Birmingham, collected the...

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Captain's Log Italy

Last few days in Ragusa, already?!

I’m writing this update on a train half way between London and Hastings. “How did they end up in England?” I hear you ask. Frankly, we’re wondering the same thing because last time we checked we were in Sicily on the...

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