Author Archives: Jeff Williams

Schoinoussa is an odd shape. It looks a bit over 2km wide at its widest and about 5km long. Last census was just over 200 people. On Monday there were 5 or 6 other boats anchored in our bay but today there is just one other sailboat along with a local fishing boat that seemsContinue reading “A Bay in a Small Island”

After a few pleasant days at Ios with Nour (one of Victoria’s friends, who is now my friend after bringing me a very nice bottle of Scotch) we decided to leave our nice big bay and move east and slightly north to Schoinousa, a small island south of Naxos. Windy predicted 18 knots of windContinue reading “Ios to Schoinousa: Yet Another Unexpected Adventure!”

We spent almost a week in Livadi Bay at Astypalea. It was a beautiful bay we were anchored in 7m of clear blue water. We swam every day, we had a castle on a hill to one side, we could hear the bleating of wild goats every morning and every night we had a beautifulContinue reading “Astypalea to Santorini: The midnight pickup.”

Spruzzo has 2x400W Sunpower Solar Panels. I purchased a Solar Charger controller for each panel (Victron MPPT Regulator 150/30) which is the most efficient configuration (the controllers can optimize individually for each panel given how much sun that panel is receiving) but I’m not sure this was efficient financially because the controllers were expensive. IContinue reading “Quick Solar Update”

On Friday June 3rd we headed out to a small bay just north of the marina of Agios Nikolaos in Crete. The idea was that on Saturday, the winds were predicted to be mostly from the west and a good strength (15-20 knots or 28-37 mph): so perfect for us heading north to Astypalia. InContinue reading “Wandering has Begun!”

Over the last few months I’ve done a few technical upgrades to the boat. These were typically parts and pieces I bought over the winter…..and now had to finish installing before the summer. (BTW the post picture is of the internal wiring of a Sailor VHF handset. I took the picture before I undid allContinue reading “Technical: Latest Boat Projects”

The last week of May has definitely been full summer here in Crete. Almost too hot in the early afternoon. Lying on the beach all day could certainly be an option….and it is for many tourists who come here. It is an odd feeling being almost a ‘local’ and seeing the tourists come here forContinue reading “Summer is here! Kids and Trip to London”

We have had a few very windy days. Wind is from the south, which means warmer air (it will be 22 tomorrow!) and some African dust. It still amazes me that we get dust from Africa. Maybe next winter we will fly there to visit. The title image shows waves breaking over the wall toContinue reading “Spring Wind”

Victoria insisted that we go hiking since the day was nice, and again we had an adventure! We picked Bramiana Lake as a nearby easy hike. It turned out to be less easy than advertised but memorable. Bramiana Dam/Lake doesn’t have a wikipedia entry, but after some googling I discovered that it was made inContinue reading “Another Hike: Bramiana Dam/Lake”