Our Roundabout Route to the Island of Lefkada
After leaving Kioni (5th September), with flat seas and a gentle breeze that enabled us to sail with our full sails out and not get our decks covered in salt, we decided to go...
Chantal & David
Off to the Islands of Kefalonia and Ithaca
1st September, we left Zante at 9.30ish, heading north to the southern tip of Kefalonia, anticipating the forecasted winds to help us on our way to arrive within the hour, but sadly we had...
Back to Old Pastures, Zante Town on Zakynthos
After a mix of sailing and motoring for 33nm’s, with the last hour against a NW6 gusting 7 (are they following us???) and a 2 metre swell on our nose which meant either banging...
The Start of the Ionian.
We left the peaceful waters of Methoni on the 27th August, taking up the western coast for 13nms into the wonderful Navarino Bay, which looked more like an inland lake of Pylos, passing by...
On our way to calmer waters, we hope and Methoni.
Whilst having departed from Koroni on the 25th August to run away from the storm and high winds bubbling up behind us again, we weren’t quite so successful with the rain, thunder and lightning,...
Storms over Koroni & its Castle
Having worked out that it would be easier to get a bus back to Kalamata, and with a favourable forecast, hahaha, for the next couple of days, we decided to continue on with our...
On our way again around the Mani Peninsular and the City of Kalamata.
On the 17th August at 11am, we set sail heading to the Southern tip of the Mani Peninsular, the first stop being Porto Kagio. We set our sails on a close haul in a...
Gythio & our Road Trip around the Mani Peninsular
14th August, looking across to the Port from our anchorage, it still looked pretty full, so rather than pick up our anchor to find there was no room in the inn, we dropped the...
Hip Hip Hooray!
Finally on the 13th August, David felt comfortable enough for us to move on, so after some provisioning, we left Neopolis and its never ending ferries and headed back to the west coast of...
Holed Up For A Week
On the 7th August we left Monemvasia and had a wonderful sail for 31 NM around the south tip of the Eastern Peloponnesos, coming across some katabatic winds along the way, but all under...
