Saturday 19th to Wednesday 23rd October, Porto Rafti
We had a decision to make. The forecast was for F5/6 gusting F7 from the north for several days ahead, and we need to go north! In the end we decided to give it a go, knowing that there were…
Wednesday 23rd to Thursday 24th October, Buffalo bay
This was yet another day with 20-30kt gusts on the bow and with 4′ waves breaking over the bow. We’d intended doing about 15 miles to anchor in a sheltered mainland area, but decided to drive on further north for…
Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th October, Karavos
We left Buffalo Bay after lunch and actually managed a decent sail with well reefed sails in the 20-30kt northerly along the coast towards Karavos. Things changed once we rounded the headland in sight of Karavos and the final 4…
Saturday 26th to Monday 28th October, Eretria
We left Karavos with a 15kn wind behind us which was then on our beam as we rounded the headland towards Eretria, so for about an hour we had a pleasant final sail of the season. The wind then died…
Tuesday 29th October to Friday 1st November, The Boatclub, Chalkoutsi
As the sun came up, we heard activity from the Boatclub with the it boat trailer being pushed out to sea. 10 mins later we were on the trailer being hauled out for the winter. So time to put Jacana…
