On our way to calmer waters, we hope and Methoni.
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,...
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward, Writer
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...
14th August, looking across to the Port from our anchorage, it still looked pretty full, so rather than pick up our anchor to find there was no room in the inn, we dropped the...
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...
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...
2016 / The Gulfs of Patras & Corinth
by Chantal & David · Published August 4, 2016 · Last modified July 4, 2021
On the 23rd July we left the gulf of Patras behind us, radioed for permission to transit the spectacular Rion Suspension Bridge, then sailed, well motored in a mill pond under it, it really...
2016 / The Gulfs of Patras & Corinth
by Chantal & David · Published July 24, 2016 · Last modified February 1, 2020
We left Astokas on the 17th July for the 34 NM sail to Messolonghi, downwind through the Echinades Islands in a NW to W Force 4 to 6, with a brief visit from some dolphins...