Here’s the route we took on our sailing holiday around the Ionian Islands in Greece, starting from the top and working roughly anti-clockwise Continue reading Ionian Islands – Outline of the route taken
Category Archives: Holidays
Blog posts & articles about experiences on sailing holidays, including bareboat charter.
Last night before heading back to base
We’re spending the day in Kalamos. After being guided where to berth by George and discovering that flotillas don’t do Fridays (result) we spent a few hours at the beach and got the fishing rod out for one more try. Continue reading Last night before heading back to base
Night time anchoring vigil in Petalas Bay
We knew there was bad weather further north near Corfu and we could get more wind than usual that evening and we did!
It was okay as we ate our tuna and pasta on board and had our regular game of Texas Hold’em poker. Then all to bed by 2330 but the wind was really blowing by now and all I could do was listen to the noises of water splashing, ropes creaking and the boat turning from side to side on it’s anchor. Continue reading Night time anchoring vigil in Petalas Bay
Mechanical failure is very stressful
We sailed from Zakynthos to Poros today and after about 2 hours on a single close hauled tack headed in exactly the right direction decided to take the sails down so we could have a late lunch as we motored in for the final hour. Helen rightly preferred to prepare and eat lunch with the boat level rather than heeled over! Continue reading Mechanical failure is very stressful