We stayed longer than planned in Syracusa, partly due to the weather and partly due to a wish to explore the area a bit more. The latter was spoilt a bit by the reputation that Syracusa has for theft ...
We had good enough weather to sail up the West coast of Kefalonia to Assos, a route normally quite breezy with the prevailing winds and hence not often sailed but was perfect for us on the day. We sto ...
We left the Vathiavali beach bar to sail to Nidri on our way southwards to pick up friends at Argostoli. Nidri is a big sailing town and we anchored off the town jetty, using the dinghy to get ashore ...
A very slow and relaxing week this week. We sailed from Zakinthos north up to Kefalonia in light winds, our first stop being at the bottom of the island at a place called Scala. Anchored off the beach ...
We seem to have been travelling upwind for days and days, and so it continues. We left Koroni early in the morning and had a stunning beat to Methoni, getting some fabulous, very helpful, big lifts ar ...
It feels like we have done alot and travelled some distance since we left Dan and Wilf in Poros. Once our hangovers and jobs were over we headed South via Ermioni once more, a quick stopover there and ...
After a long journey involving every mode of transport except a bicycle, Dan and his mate Wilf joined us for a week onboard. It was great to see them and, tired as they were, we went for a late dinner ...
In the last blog we were about to sail to Koufonisia, it was an early morning start and we beat upwind for 10hrs and had to find our plan b anchorage. A nice stop in a quiet bay on Agastoni but it was ...
A realisation that, although we were currently sitting on a 20 day 'credit' of Schengen days, we would be overstaying if we followed our plan to head through Greece for the next 90 day, meant a sudden ...
It's a short blog this week as we changed our plans to head North up the Turkish coast due to hearing how strict the Greek customs were in Leros where we would have checked in. We decided to stay with ...