Greece - the Dodecanese
After being anchored off Astypalea for a few days waiting for a break in the Meltimi we finally left on Friday 18th August. The wind was circa 8kts in the anchorage but as we headed offshore it began to fade away so good progress under the engine. At 0840...
Greece - the Cyclades
We left our anchorage on the south side of Milos on Tuesday 8th August and continued our journey to cross the Cyclades islands - they are the group of islands roughly in the lower middle portion of the Aegean. Our chartplotter remains completely dead so a new...
Greece - Part 1
We left Sicily early on Sunday 30th July and headed almost due East towards Greece. The wind soon picked up to 12 knots and we were sailing along nicely. By noon the breeze was fading again and we started to motor to help keep up a decent speed to get to...
Sicily Ahoy
We raised the anchor at 06:00 on Monday 17th July to begin the trip from Sardinia to Sicily. Conditions were very calm with patches of fog which was a bit unexpected. The wind stayed light all day and through the night so the journey to Sicily turned into a...
Spain to Italian Waters
We left the Bay of Mazarron at 07:00 on Saturday 8th July and headed off towards Palma. Initially the wind was light and we were motorsailing along the coast and then when we reached Cabo de Palers we were heading offshore once again. There was quite a bit...
Cadiz to the Med
We left Marina Sherry at 07:15 on the 29th June 2023 into conditions that were far from ideal. The wind was South 11kts and the sea state pretty confused off the main Cadiz beach. We soon found ourselves in a small convoy of 3 boats clearly all heading south...