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  • Everywhere we go we take the weather with us

    Everywhere we go we take the weather with us

    As mentioned in prior posts the weather is something that informs and influences every decision we make while living aboard. It’s something we work with and around as controlling it is well outside of our remit! But, boy I wish we could sometimes. This season, so far, has been a mess of weather in no…

  • Sailing in the Greek Islands. Reflections on 2024

    Sailing in the Greek Islands. Reflections on 2024

    Here we are well beyond end of the sailing season and feeling like life on water is another half remembered dream.  Those of us who don’t live aboard full time have been in the process of packing up their boats and have headed home or off on other adventures. The full time live aboards have…

  • Postcards Home: Cyclades part 2 or When Everything Goes Wrong….

    Postcards Home: Cyclades part 2 or When Everything Goes Wrong….

    After a great tour of the North Western Cyclades we jumped from Tinos across to the northern end of Paros to a large bay called Naoussa. We’d been here once before in October in 2022 when we sat on the boat, alone in a howling meltemi for 7 days.  Our boat clocked over 2 nautical…