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Tag: travel

  • 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…

  • I’m just going to buy milk honey……

    I’m just going to buy milk honey……

    In some ways the rhythms and routines are just like life on land and in other ways it’s very different. There’s still shopping, cooking, exercising, dealing with life admin, cleaning, showering and too much washing up. Added to this there’s a lot of maintenance for Rick as things break all the time and regular cleaning,…