Homeward Bound

Vessel Name: Integrity
Vessel Make/Model: Bavaria 37 Cruiser
Hailing Port: Corpus Christi
Crew: Bob and Cris Gerlach
About: Starting a new life living aboard on June 1, 2011. We are retired but not tired and we're off on an adventure of a lifetime together.
25 March 2012 | Simpson Lagoon, St Martin
13 March 2012 | Portsmouth, Dominica
22 February 2012 | Atlantic-Caribbean
08 November 2011 | Lanzarote, Canary Islands
24 October 2011 | In the Shadow of the Rock of Gibraltar
14 October 2011 | Fuentarabia/Hondarrabia, Spain
12 October 2011 | Northern Spain
08 October 2011 | Granada, Spain
03 October 2011 | Almerimar, Spainish east coast
28 September 2011 | Mahon, Menorca, the Balerics
11 September 2011 | Missina Sicily
04 September 2011 | Corfu Greece
25 August 2011 | Ay Eufimia Harbor
20 August 2011 | Corinth Yacht Harbor, Greece
14 August 2011 | kalamaki Marina, Athens, Greece
07 August 2011 | Today, Kalamaki Marina, Athens
04 August 2011 | Monemvasia, Peloponnisos coast
27 July 2011 | Milos Island, Greece
19 July 2011 | Serifos Greece
14 July 2011 | STILL in Syros
Recent Blog Posts
25 March 2012 | Simpson Lagoon, St Martin

A new delay, such is life

Hello all you blog followers. We begin this entry on March 19, 2012. We are tied to a mooring in Falmouth Bay right next to English Harbor on the Island of Antigua. We are surrounded by mega mega yachts, the sort that only Bill Gates or Tiger Woods could dream of affording.

13 March 2012 | Portsmouth, Dominica

The Leewards

It’s surprising how little distance can be covered in so much time. Sailing is a slow business at the best of times.

22 February 2012 | Atlantic-Caribbean

ARC 2011 Gran Canaria to St Lucia

Wow! Time sure flies by it has been over two months since we made it across the Atlantic, albeit second last in the Rally and there hasn’t been much thought of adding or updating the blog. In fact we apparently got so wrapped up in preparations we forgot to post some of our travel. We left Lanzarote [...]

08 November 2011 | Lanzarote, Canary Islands

first long passage accomplished

November 6th, Marina Rubicon, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

24 October 2011 | In the Shadow of the Rock of Gibraltar

Ten days away, ten days to the next post

21 October

14 October 2011 | Fuentarabia/Hondarrabia, Spain

If you water it, it will grow

14 October

Monomvasia and beyond

07 August 2011 | Today, Kalamaki Marina, Athens
Same as always
Having said our fond farewells to Peter and Renata on Kithera Wednesday we proceeded up the west coast of Peloponisis to Monomvasia. This is a unique place as you can see from the picture of the city. It is an Island with shear faces all around. The city was built as a fortress completely walled in to protect from marauding pirates. There is a causeway linking the Island to the mainland now but in ancient times it wasn’t there of course. There is only one entrance through the wall and cars are too large to get in and the “streets” are too narrow for even one car. Things are moved in and out today by wheel barrow and manpower. Most of the city has been restored and is in excellent condition. The modern city is on the mainland where the Marina we stayed in is also located.

Since we arrived there on a Wednesday we decided to stay until Saturday morning. The logic here is that our eventual destination of Athens Kalamaki Marina is a big charter boat base and Saturdays are when the boats return to be cleaned and boarded by the next week’s charterers. Then typically, on Sunday they leave for their week or two cruise. So starting on Sunday there are lots of open spaces in the Marina.

We left Monomvasia and motored north against the prevailing winds stopping to anchor in the bay at Ermioni on the coast. Dinner onboard and a few rousing games of Dominos, some sleep, and an early start toward Athens was the order of the day. Oh, and a refreshing swim with water temperatures at a pleasant 32.4C.

We are now bedded down in Kalamaki and tomorrow we start the works, shopping, laundry, and a wash down of the boat which is currently encrusted in salt from too long a time without a bath!

From here we head west, one days sail to the entrance of the Corinth Canal. More about that when it happens.

Cris is in her glory since we have unlimited water, and most of all 220 electricity to run things like hair dryers and curling irons that just don’t measure up on 12 Volt power.

Likely as not we won’t make another blog entry for a week now, as we will be in one place and just doing boring maintenance things. So look for more after a week.

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