20 June 2019 | Gouvia Marina, Corfu, Greece
19 June 2019 | Aktion, Greece
18 June 2019 | Vlycho, Lefkada.
17 June 2019 | Agia Efimia, Kefalonia, Greece
16 June 2019 | Kastos, Kastos Island, Greece
15 June 2019 | Taverna Spilia, Spartachori, Meganisi, Greece
14 June 2019 | Lefkas Canal, Lefkada, Greece
13 June 2019 | Cleopatra Marina, Preveza, Greece
12 June 2019 | Lakka, Paxos, Greece
11 June 2019 | Syvota, Greece Mainland
10 June 2019 | Gouvia Marina, Corfu, Greece
28 April 2019 | Petrino Garden, Palaiokastritsa, Corfu, Greece
26 April 2019 | Gouvia Marina, Corfu, Greece
25 April 2019 | Gaios, Paxos, Greece
24 April 2019 | Vathi, Meganisi, Greece
23 April 2019 | Fiskardo, Kefalonia, Greece
22 April 2019 | Nidri, Lefkada, Greece
22 April 2019 | Lefkas Canal, Lefkada, Greece
22 April 2019 | Cleopatra Marina, Preveza, Greece
19 April 2019 | Cleopatra Marina, Preveza, Greece

Breakfast in Spain, Lunch in the Oggin, Dinner in Portugal!

21 July 2016 | Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Graham
Have boat, will travel....Having returned from the UK on Tuesday, re-stocked Quasar IV with goodies (mainly food, water and fuel), and a final quiet evening out in the beautiful town of Baiona, about 15 miles north of the border with Portugal, it was time to depart Spain to get further south, or better still, to get closer to Corfu. It was great seeing three bottle-nosed dolphins in the marina this morning which looked like they were checking the place out for a future stop over! Alas not I suspect. Baiona disappeared slowly into the low-level mist, so common along this part of the coast. What was strange was seeing wind farms poking out through clouds as we passed along the coast appearing as if they had been installed on clouds with no land visible below. Not much in the way of sea like seen today, except seagulls of course which follow boats like magnets in the off chance of getting a few fish for free I suspect. No such luck from Q4 I'm afraid - any decent fish we catch go straight into the frying pan and get rapidly consumed. That said, we haven't actually caught any fish yet...However, we are fast approaching mackeral country so I suspect it will soon be on the menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner as I recall it was on our last trip along this coast in 2008! Anyway, here we now are in Viana do Castelo, a very picturesque Portuguese town where we are stopping two nights so that we can enjoy some of the local sights and some great walking. Photos will be a bit scarce over the next week or so as we have no internet connection again, only the radio link from the boat which is super slow but still lets me update our position tracker and the actual blog. We will be whistling down the Portuguese Atlantic coast rather rapidly as we still have over 1,700 Nm to sail before reaching Corfu so time is not in our favour at the moment. A few photos will be added onto the blog as and when time or internet connection allows. In the meantime, we'll enjoy the peace of living in the past without the internet. There again, that means that we may have to listen to Tony playing his guitar....
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Vessel Name: Quasar IV of Lleyn
Vessel Make/Model: Westerly Oceanlord 41
Hailing Port: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Crew: Graham and Tracey Kyte
About: Now based in Corfu, Greece, enjoying some Ionian sailing at last!
Extra: Getting statrted on some Winter 2020 maintenance now that the diving season is finished!
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Quasar IV of Lleyn's Photos - (Main)
A few pictures from Mark T and my Ionian Cruise in April 2019. A great trip and quite eventful at times :-)
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Created 29 April 2019
A collection of photos from our new home in Paleokastritsa, Corfu.
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Created 6 July 2015
Some pictures from the Awhba Camping Trip, Saudi Arabia, 12/13 April 2012.
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Created 20 April 2012
A short collection of photos from March to June 2011 in and around Riyadh.
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Created 3 June 2011
Having arrived on the 18th June, we are currently waiting for spare parts to be fabricated here on island to fix the broken rigging before heading back to Falmouth, UK.
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Created 30 June 2010
Sailing 2200 Nm from St Georges, Bermuda, to Horta, Faial, the Azores
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Created 19 June 2010
A short summary of our stop here in Bermuda on our way to the Azores
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Created 24 May 2010
Sailing QUASAR IV north from Sint Maarten to Bermuda, 950 Nm.
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Created 22 May 2010
General photos of life aboard
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Created 5 June 2008
Mark T, ME (Graham) and Tony Ball, an old school friend have just spent a week backpacking around Dartmoor, camping out in the hills. A great break from boat maintenance!
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Created 8 March 2008
General photos of S/Y QUASAR IV as we prepare her for our voyage
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Created 7 January 2008