We are at Rhodes, the island of the knights! Rhodes is beautiful! Crete was amazing! Karpathos was incredible! I realized that I have been sharing with you all the “near miss”, completely scary and “almost disaster” days and although those times are very sensational and stand out in our minds when we relate our adventures,Continue reading “…when words are not enough!”
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Crazy winds and a solo sail: Crete to Rhodes to Turkey
Sunday Sept 5th we left the marina at Agios Nikolaus in Crete to make our way to Rhodes and then Turkey. Victoria’s daughter Danae is on the boat with us and V and D are going to spend a week in Rhodes while I take the boat to Turkey to get an arch/davits/solar installed (veryContinue reading “Crazy winds and a solo sail: Crete to Rhodes to Turkey”
Chania to Agios Nikolaos
If you read my previous post you know that I was having trouble with the engine overheating…..and I tried 3 different fixes that didn’t work. The engine issue turned out to be a faulty coolant cap. Looks like the coolant just kept getting lower because the cap wasn’t letting the overflow coolant back into theContinue reading “Chania to Agios Nikolaos”
Something is Beeping!!!!…Leaving Chania
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”
…when we just couldn’t leave from Chania!
It’s not that we didn’t try to leave…it’s that the moment we drove our boat out of Chania old port we had to go right back in! At least the very noisy alarm showing the engine overheating insisted that we did! Last Friday was our first attempt to leave Chania, 5 days later and we’reContinue reading “…when we just couldn’t leave from Chania!”
Kythira to Crete
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”
…when we became captives of the wind!
Isn’t that poetic!? It makes you think of a nice mellow breeze and jasmine scented winds making long dresses float, exactly perfect for the “natural and unpretentious” Instagram picture…not insane gusts of wind that turn the kayak upside-down and take the paddle flying to no one knows where…! we gave up looking for the paddle.Continue reading “…when we became captives of the wind!”
Night Adventure at Beautiful Kythira
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”
Kalamata to Elafonisos
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”
…when the sun turned red!
We are at Kalamata marina, first few days of August and yesterday the sun was blocked by black smoke from the fires in Peloponnese. From time to time I could see the sun turning into a bright orange color and then red. It was early in the afternoon and the wind was strong and burningContinue reading “…when the sun turned red!”
Adventures on Spruzzo 