Hi.. Just to let you know that we slipped the mooring lines this afternoon to do a shake down cruise to Poole. Every thing fine at present. Hope to move to studland tomorrow ready for crossing the channel Sunday weather permitting. John & Margaret
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Our very best wishes to you all for a lovely Christmas and a very happy new year
From John and Margaret , in a wet, cold and very windy lefkas xx
Hi EveryoneWe are now on a pontoon in Nidri, we always seem to end up here at the end of the season, just catching up with a few chores, that never seem to get doneTomorrow we will go into the Lefkas marina for the winter, already caught up with the…
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We are now back in the Ionion making our way to lefkas for the winter.
Had a really good season this year, done a lot of miles and lots of sailing
Left the ageane with a pod of dolphins saying good bye and coming through the Corinth canal lo…
Sorry to hear Chris seems to be having a rough time. Hope she gets better soon
We are just plodding around the area ready to leave the boat at poros and fly back to the U.K. On the 14 sept should be In Christchurch for the week of 23rd to the 27th s…
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Left finikas on the island of Siros at 6.30am. Got a 2day weather window before more very strong winds arrive. Trying to get to poros on the peloponnise for trip back to uk. Still got 3 weeks, but would rather spend that time over on the pelo…
Hi everyoneHad a lovely week at Thassos, the marina is still a building site, but nice and safe, If a bit muddy after the thunder, lightening and very heavy rain that we had one night. Hired a car and had a great trip around the island, took the fe…
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We are now in limenaria a Marina being rebuilt on the island of thasos, when it's finished it will be very good
Motor sailed down the 3rd finger of the khalkidiki area passed the monistaries where no females are allow not even hens. Real…
Sorry everyone, been able to move flag but not update forum.
Now at loutraki on the island of scopelos.(mama Mia island)
Very strong winds forecasted for next few days, so staying put
Had some entertainment today watching a big ferry come into the h…
Hi left Monemvasia after lunch and motored sailed for about 8miles and anchored in an inlet at yerakas, met up with some friends from last season and their sailing buddies, so should have a good party this evening. Some strong winds forcasted so thi…
Just had a few lovely days at Monemvasia, visited the castle and village on the little island it looks like a little Gibraltar and is reached by a causeway. Until the 20th century it was an important port, the old village is starting to come back to…
Hi. Left Porto kayio and anchored in a lovely turquoise bay, sea only 15degs so still to cold for swimming
Now sailing round the bottom of the 3rd finger
Hi all, sorry a bit out of date but
We left methoni on Tuesday for koroni, stayed in the bay again and spent a few days with our friends who used to live in Christchurch very nice had a few trips out with them, to different tavernas, just waiting fo…
Hi left pylos this morning, heading towards methoni only miles away, the sea was a bit rolly but we had a good broad reach and playing amongst the breaking waves were a pod of dolphins, they had a look at us for a couple of minuets then went back to…
Hi dragonslayer, have a safe trip and watch out for those rocks and tides
We are at pylos for the weekend, still can't attach pics., will move on to Methini and then along the bottom of the peloponnise weather permitting
Hi, we left katakolon early this morning as the wind was due to change direction in the afternoon and headed for kiparissia about 27miles away had to motorsail until the last few miles and then had a lovely sail, we have been so lucky this season ha…
Hi, left zantI this morning and now at katakolon unfortunately the smoothie bar has closed down but never mind had a lovely sail here, the town is buzzing with people from the two cruise liners. Very interesting watching the ship leave.
Lovely and s…
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Left friskes this morning, no wind so motored to the bottom of Ithaca then motorsailed across to cephaloni and into a little harbour poros on the south east side did about 20miles in 5 hours being chased at the end by a very black rain clou…
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Left nidri this morning
Motor sailed to the bottom of lefkarda island, then a good broad reach in about 16knots of wind to the island of Ithaca and into the little harbour of friskes on the north eastern side
Travelled 16miles in 4 hou…
Hi everyoneWe managed to get ourselves a place on the Nidri Marina pontoon, with some of our friends from Lefkas marine, just like the winter again, all of us togetherOur friends took us in their car to the easter bbq at Lefkas marina and it was sun…
2017 SAILING SEASON
Hi Everyone,Here we are another season just startingWe left the Lefkas Marina on the 1st April and motored to Prevesa, spent our first night on anchor in margarola bay, lovely and calm and so quietThen moved into the inland sea f…
Hi everyoneJust wanted to wish you all a very merry christmas and our very best wishes for the New yearHope you all have a lovely timeWe are still here in Lefkas Marina and will stay here until the end of March, then hopefully we will go back into t…
Hi everyoneMade it to Volos and just by chance met up with mac cat, they were with friends so we didnt get to chat as much as I would have liked, but hopefully we will be making our way passed them during the next couple of days so will contact them…
Hi everyoneHere we are back at the island of Skopelos,this time right in the town marina, with about 50 other boats,Had a lovely evening with friends watching the film Mama Mia, trying to see which areas of the film knew.The furthest north we went t…
Hi everyoneAs you can see from the map we haven,t been keeping still, just difficult to keep up with the internet.arkizWe left the port of Aigina on the island of Aigina and headed for Varkiza, a bay south of Athens, lovely clear, warm blue water an…
Hi everyoneAt last have internet again, We have been sailing around the just south of the Corinth canal, Having motored through on the 15th June, Met up with some new friends and sailed to some lovely little harbours and up to Navplion, which used …
Good morning everyoneanother lovely day, leaving messalongli heading for the Rion Bridge, then on to Navpaktos, which is a medieval harbour, so should be interesting.We had a lovely sail yesterday for Astakos to Messalongli, still not caught any fis…
Hi everyonesorry for the delay, we are now on the island of Meganissi, ready for the next gathering of cats at Port Athena, for our bbqWe have been to Lefkas, then to Nikiani and then to Paleiros on the main land, from there onto Nidri and tranquil…
Hi everyoneWe would like to wish everyone a lovely saling season.We are at last on the move againLeft Lefkas Marina the beginning of April and made our way back to the boatyard at Prevesa, to have Rumpelteazer lifted out so that we could clean her b…
