Sailing in Greece

lavori in corso…..

In the night the anchor had dragged from the gusts of wind in the night and we were in dangerously shallow water, at 4am. Reseting the anchor twice in the dark, with other boats in the bay, we got a few more hours of sleep before a coffee infused breakfast. In the bay there is

lavori in corso…..

Day three blocked due to Ermoupolis’ strong Meltemi (wind). In port there are only 4 sailboats moored at the quay deck with two coil springs and two spring-lines windward. The first day but still held after the disaster, when the boats alongside departed, they lifted up our anchor.  Yesterday we made two attempts to reset

Woke up and the water was like glass, very calm, a swim before breakfast and then a look to replace some parts up the mast and swithc propane tanks. Luigi couldnt loosen one very stuck screw and asked if I could try and loosen it. Up the mast, I got it and replaced with a

Early-er to rise today, we had breakfast onboard and then we did two trips to town to get us all to the ferry to Delos. Nothing like riding on the back of a moped to wake up in the morning! Delos is only a 20 minute ferry ride from Mikinos and is the “birth-place of

Today life is simple and we only have a short distance to motor to and spend the day on Mikonos. Swimming in the morning, lunch, then random naps until two o-clock we left for Mikinos. Arriving we docked a mile or two outside of the main town. Renato and I walked to the town while

There was very little wind and we motored north to “Dhonousa” for a swim in 100+ visibility water. Soon after we left to motor to an island just west of Mikonos for the night. 49 miles total, Luigi went up the mast to tighten a stay and then, swimming, gourmet food prepared by Oscar and