Sailing in Greece

We raised our anchor and were underway by 7am to make the 60 miles of navigation to Lesvos. Beautiful sailing for half the crossing and then the wind was shifting and eventually died or was un-predictable. Motoring the last way to Lesvos we were greeted by dolphins which swam close to the bow and were […]

Yesterday, in the early morning we were woken up by Nicoletta, Michele, Raffaella arriving toLemnos. Early morning coffee followed by a day getting supplies and settling into the boat, Nicoletta prepared a delicious lunch. In the evening we walked up to the castle and saw the resident deer on our way up to the, as

We had another day on tour for Gaylyn’s last day with the boat and Italo’s birthday. We got to see all the places we missed out the first day. Now we could write ‘The Dummies Guide to Lemnos’. It involves asking a lot of directions from the locals because the signage is so bad. It

Given the instructions to have a nice day out, and don’t hurry back, so Renato and Luigi could sort out the fuel situation, gave the others leave to explore. Italo hired a car and Silvana, Gaylyn and Travis joined him on a tour. We visited an allied graveyard near the port of Moudros, which was

After a very rough night at anchor Lotos headed north towards Lemnos, (Limnos) in rough seas. Once we were around the headlands a gust of wind nearly knocked us down. This threw Gaylyn and Travis out of their bunks. Gaylyn had books flying overhead. For a few brief seconds it was like a scene out

Renato got chatting to some local fishermen and he was gifted the prize of 12 substantial squid. A born fisherman himself he keenly prepared them for the carnivores of the crew. So on our night in a bay off Alonnisos Island, the crew enjoyed fresh calamari – crumbed and seasoned in Renato’s way. It was

After a speedy sail from Skaithos to a beautiful bay on Skopelos the captain gave us a day off from scrubbing the decks and driving us so hard. ‘You deserve it,’ he said to the elated crew. Full of adventure we all caught a bus to the capital of Skopelos, which is also Skopelos where

With a lot of iron wind and a little help from Eolo, we arrived in a beautiful bay of the lush isle of Skiathos on Saturday the 14th without incident. The picturesque bay proved quite a challenge with anchoring and on our 3rd attempt, Travis announced that we had half of the seabed on the