With Medicane Ianos forecast to hit the Ionian area at the end of the week we decided to seek shelter in a marina. A medicane is a Mediterranean hurricane. The online booking system at Lefkas said they were fully booked…

At least last Thursday morning was OK weather wise when Dimitris came on board to discuss a solar panel and davit gantry where based on his experience was able to give us an acceptable price. The down side is that…

Continuing north to Corfu, we anchored in the very picturesque and very well sheltered Mongonissi bay.

Another motor sailing day to take us to Corfu to meet with Dina on Wednesday at Gouvia marina to pick up the repaired winter boat cover that suffered in the 9 months of Mistral winds at Port Napoleon. Arriving at…

We had a very disturbed night with strong winds and thunder and lightning and when we poked our heads out in the morning the sea was breaking well over the sea wall (it is only 3 feet high!) but with…

We were pleased to be able to start heading south again as strong winds are forecast again for the weekend, and we need to be within spitting distance of Cleopatra’s marina by Monday as we’re being lifted out on Tuesday…

As previously mentioned, strong winds are forecast for the weekend so we got away early and made the fairly long 40 mile to Preveza marina for 3 or 4 nights of shelter. Despite a 90min queue to get into the…

Rain, rain, more rain and strong winds with just the odd break of sunshine. And we met up with Bob and Gillie again plus 4 of their friends, who happened to be in the area, on Monday evening for a…

With lift out scheduled for 10.30, we slipped Preveza marina, refuelled, and motored the mile across to Cleopatra. Did it rain! Within 5mins of leaving the fuel berth we were soaked. The rain didn’t stop the guys at Cleopatra’s however…