Author Archives: Jeff Williams

Five days ago the water stopped working. The temporary solution was that we had a hose from the dock into the boat, so we kind of had water, but nothing from the taps. Doesn’t feel like a home without water from the taps. I took one of my 3 identical not working Aqua-Jet water pumpsContinue reading “I Fixed an Aqua-Jet Water Pump and now WE HAVE WATER!!!”

The temperature soared to 38°C for four consecutive days, equivalent to a scorching 100.0°F. During the heatwave, four tourists vanished while out on hikes across different Greek islands, with the result that they have crossed the Rainbow Bridge from a lack of carrying water on their hikes. Notably, one of the missing individuals was aContinue reading “Baking Hot, No Water, Fixing the Toilet”

We left Greece in December last year and had tickets purchased to return in January, but I got a contract for my YourCIO business (which was more fun than I expected). We decided to stay with my dad in Kitchener until the end of May. Suffice to say I need to monitor my weight moreContinue reading “6 Months Away from Spruzzo! Maintenance Awaits!”

It is now the 2nd of December. The last few days have been 23C (73F) and gorgeous. It gets dark around 5pm and the nights demand a light jacket, but at noon every day you would think it is summer. We have had a few windy/rainy days….but the weather generally has been glorious. Fall asContinue reading “Summer in December plus more Maintenance”

We came back to our home marina, Agios Nikolaos in Crete in late September. About a week later Victoria left for a major hike in Spain (the Camino) with her daughter so I was going to be by myself on the boat for awhile. Time to do a bunch of boat maintenance! The first thingContinue reading “Return to Crete: Boat maintenance time”

Our last long voyage of the summer is to go from Astypalaia to Crete: 82nm. If we do an average of 5 knots this means over 16 hours of travel, if we do 6 knots it means 14 hours. This year our sailing speed has been around 5 knots. We only have 12 hours ofContinue reading “Astypalaia to Crete”

It was windy in Astypalea. We put out our second CQR anchor with 2 long lines to the right of our main anchor because the winds were so strong from that side and we wanted to better secure the boat. We had already put out a spring line, and had doubled the stern line onContinue reading “Astypalea: Boat TV”

We sailed from Kalymnos to Astypalea which is our last island stop before heading home to our marina spot in Crete. Our friends and neighbours from Crete were there and we were looking forward to seeing them again. Astypalae port is quite popular, so we were not guaranteed to get a spot and wanted toContinue reading “Prepare to be Boarded!”

The main image shows the predicted wind in our area. The Red and Orange areas you want to avoid or be snugged up in a protected harbour waiting for them to go away. *We were to the east of this in Lesvos, but the system was not moving because of an ‘Omega Block’. I don’tContinue reading “Scary Weather: Chios to Samos to Arki”

Lesvos is the 3rd largest Greek island, and is very close to the Turkish coast. There were a lot of Greek military boats around, and there was one in our marina, a smallish maybe 35m boat carrying 2 small deck-mounted guns that would do daily patrols. Greece has a mandatory military service for young menContinue reading “Lesvos: A different kind of Greek Island”