More Info and Pictures
Look under "Places we have visited" for more information and photos-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Tags
Category Archives: News
Lockdown
As we continue in lockdown here in the UK, our sailing plans for this summer are put on hold. We were supposed to be out in June and September in 2020 but with the current restrictions, June seems extremely unlikely … Continue reading
Put to bed
The high winds continued right through the weekend and into last week so we had plenty of time to get all our jobs done and have a couple of days playing before the lift out. Monday afternoon we took a … Continue reading
Home port in a storm
We didn’t manage to find a car for any sightseeing around South Evia although they did offer us a 50cc scooter but with the poor roads and high winds, we declined. However, we found a walking tour to the Demossari … Continue reading
Evia ‘n’ water
We were sad to see our friends depart a week ago today (Tuesday). We quickly did a food shop as we knew we needed to get off from Paros and make our way north towards our winter berth of Lavrion … Continue reading
Turquoise Seas and 🐢 Spotting! Guest Blog
So our trip to Greece and aboard Nimmie started well with the old crows greeting us as we stepped off the ferry in Paroikia. As it seemed a tad breezy, it was decided that we should stay on Paros for … Continue reading
Posted in News
Leave a comment
Just in the nick of time ….
We’ve spent the last week on the lovely island of Paros as northerly winds were forecast for the following ten days and we wanted to be here so friends could join us from the U.K. As you will have read … Continue reading
Milos, Mining and Meltemi
We left Stefanos on Kythnos after breakfast on Wednesday morning to make our way to the island of Serifos, some 22nm south. We managed to get the genoa (headsail) out for about an hour of downwind sailing but then the … Continue reading
Kythnos
Having spent two days in the marina, we were finally ready to leave. The keel cooled fridge was cold, stocked and working well now we were in the water ( it doesn’t work very well on land as it needs … Continue reading
Finally launched!
We were very glad we stayed around this week as each day was a procession of workmen (sadly no women) coming onto the boat to finish the various jobs off. Between Monday and Thursday, we had the stainless steel guy, … Continue reading
Road trip!
We hired a car for 5 days and in that time covered 1500 km of mainland Greece from Lavrion in the south up to the Vikos Gorge in the northwest. Our first stop on the Wednesday was the town of … Continue reading
