Today we are due to leave Simi altogether and start northwards to Gyali. It feels like we really mean business when we get up at 6 in the pitch black, but despite the early hour we whizz through our preparation tasks and are ready earlier than planned. We set off in convoy just before 7…
Chapter 3, part 1: Getting back into the groove
The journey from Kos town to Kefalos, on the south of Kos, is only a short one but today it feels longer than I was...
A short interlude in Kos marina
And so here we are again, back in Kos after 2 weeks away. (We took a break in Germany while we were unable to sail...
Chapter 2, part 5: Mid-season return to Kos
We waved a relieved farewell to Kythnos in the first light of the morning of Saturday 2 September and set off towards Sifnos as our...
Chapter 2, part 4: Jinxed in Kythnos
Despite having spent quite a long time there in the end, of all the islands we have visited, Kythnos is the one we feel we...
Chapter 2, part 3: Snapshots of Syros
Ah, Syros! Stunning Finikas Bay; lovely clear waters; rocky coves and sandy beaches; a small, convivial marina; afternoon card games over an aperitif; early morning...
Chapter 2, part 2: Tinos
We leave Samos early on Wednesday morning, just less than a week after we got here, and set off westwards on a half wind course,...
Chapter 2, part 1: Kalymnos and Samos
Here we are again, back on the boat for Chapter 2, in a heatwave. When I wake it is already hotter outside than in, so...
We complete our first sailing trip with Opua
From Leros we sailed on to Emborios on the island of Kálymnos, a tiny seaside village with a backdrop of steep mountains. The lovely round...
June - collecting new impressions
Exactly 4 weeks to the day after we first arrived in Leros marina on the first leg of our journey from Kos, we pitched up...
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