Category Archives: 2019

We had so little time to say farewell to Max and Celia as the family, daughter Faye, husband Guy and their two girls Rose (2 12) and Martha (7 months) arrived on board for lunch in Lefkas Marina on Monday 16th September, with a plethora of essential luggage.  We were thrilled they had chosen toContinue reading “Grandchildren on board!”

We left a sunny warm England behind, glad to be distancing ourselves from the unbelievable chaotic political events  our new Prime Minister Boris Johnson is conjuring on a daily basis. We arrived in a hot Greece to find Déjà vu where we had left her, under wraps in the boatyard. With three days before ourContinue reading “Back to the Ionian – the first two weeks of September”

We rented a car and collected our young visitors, Thomas and Ben, from the airport near Argostoli on Kefalonia and this gave us the chance to visit the island’s south and south west coast as well as traversing the huge mountain range that forms the backbone of the island. It was a good trip andContinue reading “Kefalonia to Lefkas with Thomas and Ben”

Although there had been times when we had felt captive in Kalamata, when the time came to leave we realized we had grown to be quite fond of the place, especially the duck that lived beside the quay we had made our home. The sheer fun of watching him and his mate chase the catsContinue reading “The Last Leg, Kalamata to Kefalonia, completing our circuit around the Peloponnese”

5 days after Peter’s departure from Kalamata we had a weather window to head out once again. The strong southerlies had abated but they had left an uncomfortable sea which we encountered on our 30 mile trip to Methoni. Every way our course took us, so the moderate wind veered round to head us, weContinue reading “To Pylos and back”

It is Monday 27th May and a good day to update the blog because as I write it is raining and not a day for sailing. We have done the boat chores and the shopping so will be off as soon as this depression passes through, hopefully tomorrow. Filling in some detail for the lastContinue reading “Kalamata to Kalamata again”

We arrived to find the boat in a sorry state after two weeks of heavy rain that dumped half of the Sahara desert onto our decks and cover. Our first job was to hose the boat down which was an immediate improvement but the red dust had penetrated everything and it took several washes toContinue reading “First two weeks in Kalamata”

It is April 2nd and plans are in place for our departure to Kalamata on May 7th. We are off on a Safety at sea course mid April and a First Aid refresher course early May. We made a trip out to Deja Vu in early March and took with us a new BBQ (essentialContinue reading “Thoughts of 2019 sailing”