The Start of Our New Adventure 2018
After the normal few weeks of getting Casa Del Mar ready for the rental season, a flying visit to family and friends in the UK, we finally took off for Athens and then onto...
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward, Writer
by Chantal & David · Published June 8, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
After the normal few weeks of getting Casa Del Mar ready for the rental season, a flying visit to family and friends in the UK, we finally took off for Athens and then onto...
2017 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published October 26, 2017 · Last modified January 27, 2020
Well I appreciate that we are more than a little out of date, having been back in Sunny Spain for 3 weeks, but we thought you would appreciate it if we finished Seaclusion’s adventure...
2017 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published September 20, 2017 · Last modified January 27, 2020
On the 30th August we left the tiny island of Tilos heading 24 miles east to Symi, happily sailing in on a reefed beam reach in a north westerly 5 gusting 6 with 2...
2017 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published September 9, 2017 · Last modified January 27, 2020
On Sunday 27th August, we set sail southwards for 28NM to Tilos, a tiny island with a surface area of 63kms and a population of around 400!. Once again we were fortunate enough to...
2017 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published September 3, 2017 · Last modified January 27, 2020
We left Kos on the 25th August and had a mixed but still great sail, the winds going from a W4, to dead calm and back up to a NW4, to the island of...
2017 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published August 29, 2017 · Last modified January 27, 2020
After arriving on the island of Samos just as the Meltemi started and a rather challenging mooring onto the town quay in Pythagorion, one of the first things you notice is that the island...
2017 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published August 16, 2017 · Last modified January 27, 2020
After leaving Leros on the 2nd August, we headed for a small island called Agathonisi and for a change, and a welcome one at that, there was very little wind as we anchored in...
2017 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published August 3, 2017 · Last modified January 27, 2020
On leaving Kos we stopped for the night in an almost secluded bay on the east coast of Pserimos, an island of no roads, and funnily enough no cars, just people, and goats! But...
2017 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published July 28, 2017 · Last modified January 27, 2020
We finally departed from Santorini early on the 18th July, thankfully the skipper of the Cat that had boxed us in turned up at 7.30 to move and let us out!.We had a great...
by Chantal & David · Published July 20, 2017 · Last modified January 28, 2020
On the 12th July, we left Iraklia on a nice beam reach in a Westerlie Force 4, racing along at 7 knots for the 46 mile crossing to Santorini, and on reaching the northern...