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...
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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...