Author Archives: Jeff Williams

This is a bit boat maintenance technical so if that is not your thing I suggest you skip this one. Unless you want to read about me being humbled 😉 After being in Chania for a few days we decided to leave and head to our next public dock in Crete. Chania is an amazingContinue reading “Something is Beeping!!!!…Leaving Chania”

We spent a few more nights in Kythira after the unexpected ‘big wind’ night: almost everyone hunkered down in the bay to let the big winds go by. The winds were mostly NE/NW (typical Meltemi) and we were protected from the north from the ocean waves/swells that will naturally build up from the wind. OceanContinue reading “Kythira to Crete”

The morning before we left Elafonisos I grabbed my mask and snorkel and went to check on the anchor. The winds had been very light overnight, and you could see in the sand the pattern the chain made as the boat moved around the anchor. The anchor was at an angle to the boat andContinue reading “Night Adventure at Beautiful Kythira”

The wonderful Onan generator now purrs like a kitten again. A new high pressure fuel pump would have been US$2K so I had braced myself for a big bill and it turned out much less than that. Plus the work was done over 3 days which I found amazing. I watched all the work andContinue reading “Kalamata to Elafonisos”

From Proti and the high winds we did a short motor to Ormos Navarino that is a large bay (about 4nm long) near Pilos. There were a few Greek/Italian flags near monuments (I assume to people killing each other heroically) and there was a Turkish castle near the opening of the bay, so safe toContinue reading “Sea Battles, PAN PAN and the Generator”

We spent 4 days at Katakolo. Katakolo used to be a destination for cruise ships before Covid. It is a 30 minute drive to Ancient Olympia where the original Olympic games were held by the Greeks. It is a very large ancient site and I would say only second to the Acropolis in Athens forContinue reading “Big Wind at 4am: Katakolo to Proti”

If you read about the ladder incident, know that Cleopatra Marina bent the aluminum ladder back into shape, re-welded it and replaced all the steps and it now looks good as new. It was expensive but I am happy to have this custom light ladder back as you can’t buy them from Amel anymore. WeContinue reading “Cleopatra Marina, Preveza to Kefalonia”

A lot happened yesterday so here is another update.  I hope I am not spamming anyone I promise to turn this into a blog. On Saturday we sailed into Preveza Bay (actually called Ambracian Gulf)….very narrow long channel to enter…looked scary on the charts and was very long and narrow and lots of charter boats coming out but weContinue reading “Preveza and learning about current in a small marina 7/12/21”