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,...
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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...
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....
Our Second Stop, Lemnos, otherwise known as Limnos
After a bit of an auspicious start to the day (30th June) we had a wonderful 56NM sail from Samothrace which took us 9 1/2 hours, of which only 1.9 hours was under engine...
The Last of the Sporades for us this year, Skiathos
So on the 2nd August we left our peaceful harbour of Loutraki on Skopelos and motored across the millpond called the Aegean to Skiathos, weaving our way around the little islands that lie off...
The Island of Skopelos
After a wonderful 32 NM downwind sail all the way from the top of Panayia to Skopelos Town on the east side of the island, we dropped our pick and motored back to the...
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...
Samos & The Family!
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...
Investigating the smaller islands of the Northern Dodecanese!
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...
Pserimos, A little bit of Kalymnos & Leros
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...
