Touring Nisyros!
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...
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward, Writer
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...
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...
by Chantal & David · Published July 19, 2017 · Last modified January 28, 2020
Apologies first of all, we are a little behind with our blogs! We departed Milos on the 9th July, heading off for a whistle stop tour of the Small Cyclades before heading off to...
by Chantal & David · Published July 6, 2017 · Last modified January 28, 2020
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...
by Chantal & David · Published July 5, 2017 · Last modified January 28, 2020
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,...
by Chantal & David · Published July 1, 2017 · Last modified January 28, 2020
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...
by Chantal & David · Published June 27, 2017 · Last modified January 28, 2020
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,...