Jacana

Well we sailed for longer than we ran the engine for the 36 mile hop to Kardamila on the north east corner of Chios. And with the Meltemi forecast to blow from the north for a few days, we needed…

3 nights at anchor in Apothikes Bay on the southern coast of Lesbos, to seek shelter from a persistent northerly, and with Rob and Debbie again. Although the wind still whistled through the rigging, we were anchored in thick clay…

Another long leg again, between the islands on Limnos and Lesbos, so we managed to get away just before dawn at 0630 and managed to sail for nearly 5 hours of the 11.5 passage before the wind died off to…

We raised anchor at 0600 for the 63 mile, 12 hour crossing to the istand of Limnos and the beautiful small town of Myrina. Unfortunately the wind was more on the bow than forecast, although we did manage to sail…

Anchoring in Ormos Panagia, we were immediately confronted with the problem with this area, hundreds of day boats whizzing round everywhere, often coming straight at you at a fast speed, rather disconcerting.So once it had cooled down slightly we went…

Still in search of fuel, we opted for Marina Miraggio one the few, but very expensive marinas in the area, and only a couple of miles out of our way towards Koufos. So with no wind, dead calm water, no…

After a very early flight from Gatwick, we arrived back at the boat yard at about 1300 on Sunday, letting ourselves in with the key hanging on a piece of string near the gate. Fortunately the guard dog was very…

We upped anchor at about 0730, and motored the 6 miles across Thessaloniki Bay to Lampros Mitsoudis’s boatyard to be hauled out at 0900. Three hours later we’d been pulled out on a hydraulic sled and propped up (they were…

33 miles today and a really good sail, literally all the way with a brisk southerly wind. We even had a visit from a few dolphins for a couple of minutes. We then dropped anchor for a couple of nights,…