"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward, Writer
2019 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published January 15, 2020 · Last modified January 22, 2020
Having left Turkish Waters, our first stop in Greece was back to Symi to clear in. However since departing Greece last year, a new sailing tax has been introduced and whilst we had already...
2019 / Turkey - The Lycian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published July 27, 2019 · Last modified January 22, 2020
So on the 5th July, having lost our “micho” (deckhand!!!!), and with the main sail back up, boat all provisioned, we left Gocek a little later than expected and simply made it back to...
2018 / Turkey - The Lycian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published July 21, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
15th July 2018 Well, just before we bid our farewells to Greece & Kastellerizon we decided to go on a small boat trip to the Blue Cave of Kastellerizon, dutifully packing my camera so...
by Chantal & David · Published July 14, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
Finally our weather window arrived for us to cross from Crete to the Karpathian Islands (that is after a brief race with a Swede to grab a mooring in Sitia, our final albeit brief...
First & foremost, we apologise for the length of this blog, but we have been here a while & Crete is the largest of the Greek Islands!!! Anyway, on the 22nd June we departed...
by Chantal & David · Published June 24, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
Sunday 17th June, We set sail for the tiny island of Skhinousa, part of the Little Cyclades on a lovely close haul tack in NW3 winds until they died a couple of hours into...
by Chantal & David · Published June 19, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
Well, after 2 failed attempts to leave Pythagoria on Samos, (1st return requiring a new exhaust manifold, 2nd to unjam our mainsail, the jam being at the top of the mast), our 3rd attempt...
by Chantal & David · Published June 8, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
After the normal few weeks of getting Casa Del Mar ready for the rental season, a flying visit to family and friends in the UK, we finally took off for Athens and then onto...
2017 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published September 20, 2017 · Last modified January 27, 2020
On the 30th August we left the tiny island of Tilos heading 24 miles east to Symi, happily sailing in on a reefed beam reach in a north westerly 5 gusting 6 with 2...
2017 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published September 9, 2017 · Last modified January 27, 2020
On Sunday 27th August, we set sail southwards for 28NM to Tilos, a tiny island with a surface area of 63kms and a population of around 400!. Once again we were fortunate enough to...
