I discovered Mr. Grasshopper early in the morning after the fire. He was a biggy. He was clearly way off track and spent the entire day under the sprayhood resting up. By early evening he became much more active and I was concerned that he would end up down below. So, very carefully I got him into a box and took him out of the concrete marina and released him into the long grass where he belonged.
We have been sailing together for 18 years and have owned Stiletto for 16 of them. We have exhausted the Solent and the UK South Coast and all the other usual passages: West Country, France, Channel Islands etc. that are available from our home port of Gosport. [...]We embarked on our "Slow Boat to the Med" big adventure, having sailed out of Gosport in April 2017, with our final destination being the island of Ikaria, in the Eastern Aegean - where Andreas has his family roots, before going on to explore the hundreds of other stunning Greek island locations - we could be away a while!