On our way again around the Mani Peninsular and the City of Kalamata.
On the 17th August at 11am, we set sail heading to the Southern tip of the Mani Peninsular, the first stop being Porto Kagio. We set our sails on a close haul in a...
Greece
Hip Hip Hooray!
Finally on the 13th August, David felt comfortable enough for us to move on, so after some provisioning, we left Neopolis and its never ending ferries and headed back to the west coast of...
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 Humpbacked Island of Monemvasia
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...
Anchor to be or not to be?
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...
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...
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,...
Our Overnight Stop in Chios
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...
The Tiny & Picturesque Island of Oinoussa
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...
Nisos Lesvos
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....
