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The eagerness and anticipation to go sailing is always cast into shadow with the hard graft of preparing and antifouling the boat. Thank goodness the polishing and a million other jobs were ticked off in March, but the bottom rubbing and painting needs to be done just prior to launching. As usual kitted up inContinue reading “First 2 weeks afloat in 2026”

We journeyed out to the boat in March, before flights started up to Preveza, so we touched down in Athens and, after getting a hire car organised, drove round the coast towards Piraeus and stayed overnight in a very convenient hotel. It was cold in quite a fresh breeze but we ventured out to findContinue reading “Getting ready for 2026”

Our friends Brian and Michele arrived late on Monday 15th September, but they did not take long unpacking and settling into Greek life aboard Deja Vu. They have sailed with us many times and have given us unstinting help with pre-launch chores on more than one occasion, so they know their way around the boat.Continue reading “Zakynthos to Preveza, a road trip and laying up”

We enjoyed a morning sail across from the Peloponnese to Zakynthos, a close reach averaging 6 knots; it was fast, comfortable and fun. We lost the wind as we approached the island coast, so motored round the entrance buoys and tied up on the west side of the harbour quay where Alex, the local mooringContinue reading “Zakynthos 2025”

We arrived at the boat early enough in the evening of the 31st August to reassemble the floor and table after the work that had been done to clean out the port fuel tank. This was for the second time and we paid for the privilege so we were pleased to see it pristine. AllContinue reading “September Preveza to Zakinthos”

I am writing this in our last week before lifting the boat out at Cleopatra yard on Thursday 3rd July. We are under the much talked about heat dome which is sitting over most of Europe, and we are lying low as temperatures flirt just below 40 degrees centigrade. It is simply much too hotContinue reading “Return to base: Poros to Preveza”

We waited in Poros for a depression to pass by and serendipitously Chris and Liz Jones, our very good friends from long ago, delayed their arrival to allow Chris to get over a virus. Whilst waiting for them Nigel got to know the chandlery owner Spiros and managed to negotiate the delivery of a newContinue reading “The Cyclades”

We launched on Thursday 8th May, ahead of schedule, having done the anti-fouling and the usual pre-launch jobs and checks but, alas, without our upright fridge which still had not arrived from Italy. We harboured a hope that we could pick it up in Athens, but as you will read, it is not meant toContinue reading “PREVEZA to ATHENS via CORFU”

We spent a week in Preveza at the beginning of April to work on Deja Vu. Our good friends Brian and Michele elected to join us and we really appreciated their contribution to the work Nigel had planned for us all! New anchor chain, shiny polished hull, stripping down and cleaning of winches, surfaces preparedContinue reading “Hello to 2025”