Completely New Territory, Albania by Sea
We left Gouvia on Corfu at the leisurely time of 11:30 on the 29th June and had a wonderful sail northwards in a Force 3, with flat seas, to Sarande in Albania. We had...
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward, Writer
We left Gouvia on Corfu at the leisurely time of 11:30 on the 29th June and had a wonderful sail northwards in a Force 3, with flat seas, to Sarande in Albania. We had...
Finally, on the 20th June we set sail from Preveza heading northwards, a little later than intended, but once we had left the long channel out from Preveza, we had a lovely sail in...
So, after our usual manic 2 weeks getting Casa Del Mar ready for her summer season, we set off for Greece on the 19th June. Our initial intention was to go straight to Greece...
So on the 10th September we waited for the winds then left our lovely bay, headed and sailed all of 6 NM’s (nothing is very far apart here) to Nidri, on Lefkada and dropped...
After leaving Kioni (5th September), with flat seas and a gentle breeze that enabled us to sail with our full sails out and not get our decks covered in salt, we decided to go...
1st September, we left Zante at 9.30ish, heading north to the southern tip of Kefalonia, anticipating the forecasted winds to help us on our way to arrive within the hour, but sadly we had...
After a mix of sailing and motoring for 33nm’s, with the last hour against a NW6 gusting 7 (are they following us???) and a 2 metre swell on our nose which meant either banging...
We left the peaceful waters of Methoni on the 27th August, taking up the western coast for 13nms into the wonderful Navarino Bay, which looked more like an inland lake of Pylos, passing by...
Whilst having departed from Koroni on the 25th August to run away from the storm and high winds bubbling up behind us again, we weren’t quite so successful with the rain, thunder and lightning,...
Having worked out that it would be easier to get a bus back to Kalamata, and with a favourable forecast, hahaha, for the next couple of days, we decided to continue on with our...