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June 15th and next stop Trizonia. As usual the wind in the Gulf freshened steadily and we flew along under the jib doing 7 knots. Our arrival in the harbour at Trizonia coincided with an increase in the wind speed and we found the harbour as busy as we have ever seen it.  We hadContinue reading “Heat, Batteries, Rats & Becoming Irish”

The week we spent in Greece in April doing work on the boat paid dividends, as we(the royal kind) had previously  polished Déjà Vu, done a host of maintenance jobs, changed a lot of the running rigging and generally cleaned her up.We arrived late on 1st June with high expectations for a straightforward launch onContinue reading “Anchors and trains”

It has been raining for most of the month of May in the UK, so quite a disappointment as we have been home-based entertaining Mo’s brother Roger, his wife Vicki and daughter Bridget, all from New Zealand. Notwithstanding the weather, it has been great to see them for a couple of days and show themContinue reading “A slow start to 2024”

The wind was definitely having a rest and the next few days were disappointingly windless, so the engine was put to work to take us from Galaxidi to Trizonia and on again under the Rion Bridge to Messolonghi.  Trizonia holds a special place for us; so often it has been the haven from storms; butContinue reading “The Gulf of Corinth & our return to the Ionian”

What we now know is that the bad weather was due to Storm Daniel which tracked across central Greece with storms and rain of huge proportion. In Alimos marina we experienced rain of biblical proportions and a lightning display to outdo any firework extravaganza. On Thursday 7th September we finally had a weather window toContinue reading “Storm Daniel & Athens to Corinth”

After the formalities of visiting the Poros Port Police to check in as we are bound to do with current legislation, we amused ourselves by locating a local beach for a swim. That evening Peter produced a very nice bottle of champagne and shared the good news of the safe arrival of a new grandson,Continue reading “Poros to Athens”

We had left Deja Vu in a boat yard on the Peleponnese having travelled 660 miles in May and June, nearly a record distance for us. We spent July and August at home ostensibly to enjoy the English summer, but we found it generally cool and wet so were looking forward to returning to theContinue reading “Back to the boat in September”

Amazingly we seemed to be heading for some settled weather again, as the pressure was rising. Leaving Poros on June 19th we had a 20 mile broad reach in glorious sunshine, making 6 knots in 10 knots of wind, couldn’t be better.We headed for the island of Dhokus which had eluded us a few weeksContinue reading “The Eastern Peleponnese and Argolic Gulf”

After Tom had  left,  it was our turn to get back to the UK.  We had booked to leave the boat in Lavrio in a marina there, so we waited one more day in Perdika for a favourable wind direction to head east. We then set off first to Sounion bay which is at theContinue reading “A taste of the Cyclades”