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Tag: anchorages

  • Life onboard: Route Planning and Weather

    Life onboard: Route Planning and Weather

    The weather, especially the wind dictates our travel planning, our comfort and our safety and we talk about it endlessly both with each other and any other yachties we meet up with. The sun, the wind, the rain, thunderstorms, the sea state, the dust, the moon, you name it. The other thing we think and…

  • Postcard Home: Cyclades part 1 (North Eastern Islands)

    Postcard Home: Cyclades part 1 (North Eastern Islands)

    After finally heading out of the Saronic gulf (the gulf that contains Athens) with a hooray and an over the shoulder wave, complete with all the items we were waiting on from Poros, we headed straight out for the island of Kithnos.  The wind was blowing from the north and we raced along with Intention…

  • Salty Tales

    Salty Tales

    Actually, before we leave the Eastern Greek islands, I need to tell some stories about 3 of the islands we passed quite quickly through and I barely mentioned last year.  These 3 islands are closely linked through geography and history and a long and noble maritime presence. These islands are Chios, the largest, Oinousses, a…