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 ...
Ashore
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 ...
We headed out early Sunday morning to meet up with the rigger on Monday. The sail to Marmaris was fun, being the only time we had any decent wind for two weeks. A short beat followed by a reach in 20k ...
Very much in slow mode this week, enjoying the sun and sea....... We left Marmaris after exploring the bars and nightlife along the shore the evening before, and after refitting our sail bag with it ...
We had a lovely stay in Symi, although it was very quiet with a distinct lack of tourists meaning most of the restaurants were shut. We did find a few open, including one high up the hill in the middl ...
We finished the last blog with the mast back in and we were getting ready to haul the boat out for a few underwater tasks and other jobs. This would be the first time we had seen below the waterline o ...
After a wonderful 2 months staying with very generous family and friends putting us up (or putting up with us?) for 2 months, we are back in Turkey. Thanks to all of you. What a change in temperature ...
We have had a lovely time seeing family and friends, going to parties and recovering in front of a warm fire. One of our standout trips out has been to Nottingham Castle, we had a very talented guide ...
Arriving back to the UK just as Storm Bert was in full swing, swiftly followed by Storm Darragh, really reminded us of one of the reasons we embarked on our adventure! However it's been great to see f ...
We left last week describing some of the boat jobs we have been doing, hope it wasn't too boring as it's much the same this week! We have decided that we can better make use of our schengen and Turke ...