SV ICE BEAR

Vessel Name: ICE BEAR
Vessel Make/Model: Privilege 39
Hailing Port: Victoria Canada
Crew: Don and Cindy
About: From Vancouver Island British Columbia. Retired and enjoying relaxing Cruising.
Extra: we were hard core racers having sailed many many miles and loved the Long distance races with our previous three boats and friends boats but now we are pulling the throttles back. Even though ICE BEAR has a very nice turn of speed.
27 July 2019
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27 July 2019

Paxos / Corfu

The next morning we paid the new Greek cruising tax said goodbye to the guys on Mangata and the lovely town of Preveza. Our next stop was Paxos. The island of Paxos was only a short hop up the Greek coast. It was a great place to wait for good conditions to cross the Adriatic sea to Italy. The harbour [...]

12 July 2019 | Nydri marine

The Bank

With our return to Vliho bay the weather cooled back down and the rain returned we spent the next few days doing more boat jobs.Found the rattle in the steering system there was wear in the linear drive and to fix it we needed new parts sigh one more job for Tunisia. Replaced the fresh water pump, fixed [...]

30 June 2019

The Aussie

We motored to the stern of Mangata and knocked. From inside we heard a hello woohoo he was home well we kinda knew he was home the dinghy was tied to the stern. We climbed aboard and went below for a quick tour and drink. I always forget how much room is inside a Bavaria. There must be at least [...]

07 May 2019

The next ten days were spent in the boat yard. Unlike last year there was no red dirt but it was cold and wet.Fortunately we had a heater and electricity. When it rained we went to the stores for parts and food when it dried for a few minutes we painted the bottoms, serviced the engines, repaired [...]

25 April 2019 | Temple of Zeus, Olympia

Adventure 2019 begins

The 2019 travel season started on April 2nd with a ferry ride to Vancouver where wonderful friends put us up for the night before the flight to Greece. Thank you so much. The flight was just the way we like flights uneventful. Once we passed through customs and satisfied the man at the exit that the [...]

24 April 2019

Wrap up of 2018 sailing season

When we left our intrepid traveler Emmet he was in Poros waiting for a weather system to pass. While waiting food was consumed and roads were walked. One of the boats near us had its anchor lifted and ended up side tied to the quay which wasn’t a great place to be. The surge from the storm and other [...]

The Yard

06 May 2018
We arrived in Greece late on the 11th of April found our rental car and a hotel room and called it a long day. The next morning we checked out of the hotel and took a walk down the street the smell of the orange trees in bloom was amazing. We popped our heads into a bakery and noted some lovely pastries I'm not sure what we said but the lady behind the counter immediately recognized us as Canadian we asked for some directions and promised to come back. Once we found a bank machine and a sim card for a phone we returned to the bakery where the lady behind the counter smiled and held up a older can of maple syrup and asked what is this? Maybe I shouldn't have lead with Canadians stab trees and drink their blood. hehehe she made a funny face and asked if we really drank what was in the can. After some explaining about its uses we bought our breakfast treats and headed to the local Leroy Merlins a Greek home depot and bought a small generator, plywood, silicon some more tools and other odds and sodds. 4 hours later we were standing under Ice Bear. Except for the thick layer of red dirt on her deck she looked great we rinsed the worst of the red off and settled in for the night. The next few days were spent cleaning, servicing engines, painting the bottom, repairing two toilets that broke ( your off the hook for these two Mum ) over the winter, sending the propane bottle to get filled and getting the life raft serviced. For meals we went where all the People working in the yard go Pano's Taverna. They are just a short walk from the yard and serve good food for a good price plus free wifi whats not to like. Almost every night we stopped to watch the fireflies perform their after dinner show. A few days after we arrived a really hot wind from the south blew through and Ice Bear was covered in thick red dirt again so much for the first rounds of cleaning. The red dirt hung in the air for the remaining days in the yard. on the 8th day the travel lift came to get us. I suspect the butterflies we felt were from a combination of having the boat lifted from her supports and transported through the yard and the excitement of finally getting on the water. we spent a few days in the marina to do laundry and put on the sails. With that all done we were of to anchor in Vliho bay to do more boat jobs and wait for the arrival of the trampolines.
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