The Island of Tinos & its Hundreds of Churches
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...
Cyclades
Our ‘Hop’ Across the Aegean, East to West, 1st Leg.
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,...
The Last of the Cyclades.
Sunday 17th June, We set sail for the tiny island of Skhinousa, part of the Little Cyclades on a lovely close haul tack in NW3 winds until they died a couple of hours into...
Our departure from Samos, finally, to Amorgos
Well, after 2 failed attempts to leave Pythagoria on Samos, (1st return requiring a new exhaust manifold, 2nd to unjam our mainsail, the jam being at the top of the mast), our 3rd attempt...
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...
Our last stop in the Cyclades, Santorini!
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...
Milos from the Land!
With the Northerly Meltemi winds bubbling up, we thought it best to explore the picturesque north of Milos, otherwise known as the Island of Aphrodite, overland, and with that, David ventured off to find...
Milos From the Sea!
We set sail from Sifnos heading to the start of the Southern Cyclades, Kimolos and Milos, and after a fabulous sail for 20nm, we found a wonderful little bay to stop for the night,...
Serifos & Sifnos!
Well, the first thing to say is that someone has turned the temperature gauge up here in the Cyclades, it has gone from mid 20’s to the mid 30’s overnight and that is in...
The Island of Parós
Well the winds didnt let up in Naxos for 2 days, no one ventured out of their safe spot in the harbour and as we didnt fancy getting soaking wet going ashore via dinghy,...
