Tag: uncertainty

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…