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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”

August 21st was super early for us to return to Greece as it was still hot and very much a part of the school holidays, so crowded. However we succumbed to a request from Faye, Guy and the girls to spend some time aboard Déjà Vu and this meant, of course, the last week ofContinue reading “Family visit in August”

It was great to meet up with Peter who joined us mid afternoon on Wednesday June 26th, but he was distraught at having left a bottle of Moet in the taxi which had been intended to be a celebratory gift for his arrival!  What he did bring though were the official Irish registration documents forContinue reading “Peter’s Visit”

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”