Gummy sharks and other tales
| Vessel Name: | Amble |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Beneteau Oceanis 43 |
| Hailing Port: | Sydney |
| Crew: | Jane and Brett Campbell |
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| Extra: | 'Gummy sharks' is a ref to my fear of dying slowly. Good to be positive! In the early days of coastal sailing I was worried about drowning slowly if I fell overboard. The thought of a shark speeding things up cheered me up—but, bother, no teeth. |
23 July 2014 | Zante Town, Zakynthos
Calm to chaos (unusual?!)
Here we are in Zante Town It’s a surprisingly big place, which shouldn’t be a surprise as it’s the capital of Zakynthos. Then again, Argostoli is the capital of Cephalonia and, other than great yacht and knee services (and people), not much there. Altho lots of watermelons! Great fruit and veges. Anyway, [...]
20 July 2014 | Ay Nikoloas, Zakythos
Dimitris Theodosis
It is just so wonderful to meet met men such as Dimitris Theodosis. Nothing is too much trouble for him, and although young (I'm getting old!) he's endlessly patient helping, if need be, yachties moor their boats on the town quay; his domain it seems. We even watched him row out to yachts, climb aboard [...]
19 July 2014
Washing machines, Zakynthos
Being Saturday (now that took awhile) we've been on the island of Zakynthos for three whole days. Two of which here in St Nikoloas, a tiny village of about two tavernas and a tourist shop -- and quite a few boats, caiques, that take tourists to the Blue Caves.
17 July 2014
Navagio Bay, Zakynthos
Up at dawn to sail with the tide. Or not! Up at 7 to have a cup of tea, and then leave Argostoli about 7.30 for the five-or-so-hour motorsail to NW Zakynthos. The weather's looking great, which is handy, as the prevaiing winds are from the NW so rather not get caught on the west coast in bad weather. [...]
15 July 2014 | Argosotlli, Cephalonia
Relay part for anchor!
Well, my vocabulary might not be increasing but context is. 'Relay' being my new word of the day.
Back in wifi and out of football
Seeing Mobilae breakfasted us, I offered to cook (a green and gold) prematch dinner of spinach pie. The Mobliae crowd came over at 5.30: Maarten and Marjoelien and their visitors, Nicolette and Frank, all wearing orange. Then off to a taverna we dinghied, including Pien, the dog, also in Holland colours. Needless to say Holland won, deservedly so, sniff, but it was closer than I--with all my soccer knowledge expected -- and it was good fun. But maybe not such good fun for the Aussie team.
