Holed Up For A Week
On the 7th August we left Monemvasia and had a wonderful sail for 31 NM around the south tip of the Eastern Peloponnesos, coming across some katabatic winds along the way, but all under...
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward, Writer
On the 7th August we left Monemvasia and had a wonderful sail for 31 NM around the south tip of the Eastern Peloponnesos, coming across some katabatic winds along the way, but all under...
On the 5th August, we set sail from Kariprissa to cover the 32 nautical miles in a nice healthy north west 4, running downwind under our Genoa only until the wind petered out for...
So morning came on the 29th July and despite a wind direction change, which of course means a swell direction, which made our overnight anchorage a little uncomfortable, we set about trying to find...
On the 27th July we had a small window in the high winds to leave Tinos Harbour with our one functioning sail, so we got up early, said our farewells and set off at...
On the 23rd July we woke up to beautiful blue skies and a howling wind, again! Knowing we were going to be staying put for a number of days, we decided to chill out...
On the 19th July we left our safe haven on Oinoussos at 12 to cross over to Chios Marina for one night, it was blowing a healthy 25 – 30 knots pushing us along,...
As you know from our last blog, we decided to leave Seaclusion all safe and sound in Oinoussos Harbour, after all the advice that Chios Harbour was not a place you would want to...
So on the 15th July, after a night of not nearly enough sleep we turned southwards again, heading to the tiny island of Oinoussa just off the north east coast of Chios, with Force...
For many years Lesvos was a “reluctant” stop for many sailors because of the number of immigrants, not just on the island but illegally trying to cross the short waters from the Turkish shores....
After a bit of an auspicious start to the day (30th June) we had a wonderful 56NM sail from Samothrace which took us 9 1/2 hours, of which only 1.9 hours was under engine...