Category Archives: 2016

Settled weather at last! We are slowly finding out how things work down here by talking to fellow sailors we are meeting. There are a lot of elderly sailors, many of whom are Brits, who spend long times in each place, often blocking quays and berths for the sailors on a journey and just passingContinue reading “End of September”

One of the excursions we made from Preveza was in the free boat taxi across to Cleopatra Marina where we checked out their facilities and confirmed our lift out arrangements with them. What we saw was quite impressive; well organised marina and boat yard with clean buildings, a well equipped chandlery, a pleasant cafe andContinue reading “Preveza to Meganissi”

Sunday September 4th we returned to Gouvia on Corfu very late at night to find Deja Vu just as we had left her. Joining us for a week were John and Ada Roberts, friends from Farnham, who were looking forward to the plan of sailing with us to Kefalonia. However we had known before weContinue reading “The beginning of September”

I am writing this entry in September in retrospect as somehow events overtook my regular updates and it would be quite an omission to leave out 3 sailing weeks in July. Since we arrived in Corfu, it was clear that rubbish collection was an urgent and mounting problem. Piles of unsavoury rubbish sacks were accumulatingContinue reading “July”

We endured two uncomfortable days of battering from gale force southerlies whilst tied up in the Marina at Brindisi and the long range forecast was still for strong winds. We needed a moderate wind to leave for Corfu, a 115 mile trip that we planned to do in two parts. Firstly 85 miles to theContinue reading “Corfu”

For those of you non sailors who follow our blog, apologies for constant references to the weather, but sailors will understand that this drives our days, our thinking and our plans. The forces of nature are huge and need to be treated with great respect. Life on the boat is very simple and subsistent. WeContinue reading “Italy”

Our first week sailing south behind us, we are setting off south again from Trogir with winds still set firmly in the south, which is tiresome when the prevailing winds should be north westerly! We plan to spend a couple of weeks revisiting and exploring haunts before meeting up with Tom for our few finalContinue reading “Our final sailing in Croatia before heading further south”

The season started early for Nigel when he flew to Sukosan on the 3rd May. This was to meet up with the sail maker and receive and test our modified sails. In the event he couldn’t come and Gunter from Sunbeam was summoned instead, arriving only on the 10th. Deja Vu was launched on theContinue reading “Start of the sailing season, leaving Sukosan and getting to Trogir”

It is only February, and storm Imogen has been ravaging the south of England. With 60 knot winds inland and 95 knot winds recorded at the Needles, we are very glad not to be sailing now! However we have Deja Vu very much in mind and it is helping to get us through a roundContinue reading “Planning for sailing in 2016 is underway”