Cam & Tom's Sailing Blog

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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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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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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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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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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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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