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Fri 5 Jul and Sat 6 Jul – Finishing the repairs and we’re back in the water!

Friday Friday was going to be the big day. Bini’s forestay should be put back up and the GRP repairs should be finished. We had an early start in eager anticipation of the things to come, but managed to wait until...

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Tue 2 Jul to Thu 4 Jul – Hotel hopping and beach exploring

Tuesday The morning started rather slowly after our darts frenzy the night before. We might have had a little bit too much of the local wine, but oh well. “When in Greece”, or how does the saying go? The whole of last...

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Captain's Log Greece

Wed 26 Jun to Mon 1 Jul – Life in Ermoupoli, Syros

Since our last update we’ve done exactly zero nautical miles and we’re still on Syros. Although this stint on land wasn’t exactly in the plan we can’t have wished for a better place to be for a few days. The town of...

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Tue 25 Jun – A hairy trip to Ermoupoli for our haul-out

I think we were both a little apprehensive about sailing the boat against the building Meltemi as well as getting her out of the water and onto the hard. This would explain why we both woke up around 04:30, an hour...

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Mon 24 Jun – Getting started with the repair in Finikas

Part of yesterday’s frustration came from the fact that we had a somewhat smashed up boat and nothing we could do about it, being late on a Sunday. We had planned to do a temporary fix with Sikaflex that would probably...

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Boat Jobs Captain's Log Greece

Sun 23 Jun – Bini gets damaged in Finikas

Without much sleep we left our gusty bay in the morning, destination Finikas, a few miles down the west coast. The gusts were still rolling in so we were expecting outside of the bay to be the same, but were surprised...

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Captain's Log Greece

Sat 22 Jun – A seriously gusty Delfini Beach

We left the tranquility of Fikiada bay and set off north up the west side of Kithnos. The wind was forecast to build from the north so we wanted to reach the tip of the island before that set in. Motoring into a...

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Captain's Log Greece

Wed 19 Jun to Fri 21 Jun – Fikiada on Kithnos Island

On Wednesday we went back to Sounion to meet with some friends for lunch, and later dinner. We had a really rocky night at anchor whose only blessing was that we were up and out by 07:30 – destination Fikiada Bay...

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Captain's Log Greece

Tue 18 Jun – Olympic Marina

In the morning, almost at first light we were at the door of the amazingly well stocked chandlers. Seeing as we didn’t need anything specific we did pretty well, and came away with a big bag and 250 EURs lighter...

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Captain's Log Greece

Sun 16 Jun and Mon 17 Jun – Sounion

On Sunday we continued making our way east towards Sounion, which was about 25NM from our bay Klima Beach. The Cape of Sounion is the SE corner of the Greek mainland east of Athens, and home to a famous Temple of...

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Captain's Log Greece

Sat 15 Jun – Kilma Beach on Egina Island

After a few days in Epidavros it was time once again to pick up the hook and explore somewhere else. As our general direction is south and east, we picked a bay called “Kilma beach” as our next destination. The bay is...

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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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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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Fri 5 Jul and Sat 6 Jul – Finishing the repairs and we’re back in the water!

Tue 2 Jul to Thu 4 Jul – Hotel hopping and beach exploring

Wed 26 Jun to Mon 1 Jul – Life in Ermoupoli, Syros

Tue 25 Jun – A hairy trip to Ermoupoli for our haul-out

Mon 24 Jun – Getting started with the repair in Finikas

Sun 23 Jun – Bini gets damaged in Finikas

Sat 22 Jun – A seriously gusty Delfini Beach

Wed 19 Jun to Fri 21 Jun – Fikiada on Kithnos Island

Tue 18 Jun – Olympic Marina

Sun 16 Jun and Mon 17 Jun – Sounion

Sat 15 Jun – Kilma Beach on Egina Island

Wed 12 Jun to Fri 14 Jun – Palaia Epidavros

Tue 11 Jun – Corinth to Kofos

Mon 10 Jun – Corinth Canal

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

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