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 [...]

Corinth canal

01 June 2018
We left Kiaton a little after 7 am which was about perfect for a 9 am transit time. The hand held radio was switched to the canal control frequency and as we neared the opening we could hear boats checking in. By now we had been tied to a quay with every one of them. Our convoy ended up being 8 boats in total with Ice bear bringing up the rear. A choice spot we could see everyone in front of us and the view back was of an empty canal. We started our passage by driving over a bridge deck that submerged to about 24 ft every time boats transited. Shortly after the bridge we could see the gentleman we had met the night before taking pictures. Once again a big thank you . The walls were a mixture of stacked brick and the natural stone as it was cut. We could see where this springs collapse had occurred and places that had been reinforced. The pedestrian bridges over head had lots of people
looking down at us and waving. At the south eastern end of the canal there was a concrete jetty that all the boats needed to tie to so we could pay for the transit. In case you were wondering the Corinth canal is 24 m wide 8 m deep and 6.4 km long the wall are 90 m high and were cut at a 80 deg angle. For our transit there was a 1.5 -2 kn current pushing us in the direction we wanted to travel. Several times during the transit I'm certain I heard wow this is narrow however it was near perfect conditions which made for a wonderful experience and a big check mark on the must do list. As the boats in or convoy finished paying they cast off and headed out into the Saronic gulf. We chose to head for Korfos
this time of year it was going to be quiet but during the summer it would be full of Athinians looking for a weekend get away a theme we would see repeated in the whole area. The town looked like it was just waking up there were very few boats and some restaurants were getting a new coat of paint. We thought about anchoring out but couldn't help notice the man on a restaurant quay beckoning us to come hither. Who were we to resist free moorage. As we were completing the stern tie procedure we realized we knew some of the people sitting at the table we had just tied in front of. It was some of the crew from the Catamaran we had met in Preveza seems they had hold up here to pick up the new crew that the owner had found on a crewing web site. They had already picked up two Canadians and were waiting for two Americans which means they were going to be a crew of 7. Wow I mean with the addition of baby Gizmo we might be able to take two more people max.
The second day at the quay someone dove down to check out the rattle on the starboard sail drive and found the zinc had become loose. After about an hour in the water the prop had been removed and all pieces were on the deck. There were some minor adjustments to the zinc and another 3/4 hour in the water and all was good. Not bad for only having a mask and snorkel.

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