Archive for 2013
June 23rd, 2013 | 
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Current Location: Kleftiko Bay, Milos, GreeceCurrent Position: 36 39.1 N 024 20.22 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 128 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWe are now rounding off Cap Malea, on the way to Milos. Cap Malea is notorious for very gusty winds ( maybe that’s (Click to Read More...)
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Current Location: Pylos, Navarino Bay, GreeceCurrent Position: 36 55.08 N 021 41.97 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 0 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereAfter a great day visiting Olympia yesterday, we took advantage of some wind and had a brisk sail down here, but ended with three hours motoring as the wind disapeared. We are tied up in a small free marina (up for sale by the Greek government as part of the austerity measures). More news to follow.
Current Location: Pylos, Navarino Bay, GreeceCurrent Position: 36 55.09 N 021 41.96 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 131 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereNoel has you all up to date on our travels minus some photos that were not organized yet. And don’t ask me what (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Olympia, GreeceCurrent Position: 37 38.61 N 021 37.76 E Click to view map. A welcome to Katakolo, the main port for visiting Olympia. As we were arriving in Katakolo late afternoon. That day they had 3 cruise ships in. After a crazy med mooring again on the town quay it was time (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Preveza, GreeceCurrent Position: 38 57.87 N 020 45.69 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 350 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereWe decided to grab the weather and leave Malta on Sunday, at lunchtime. We will get back to Malta to visit Valetta another time. We (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Sliema Creek, Valetta, MaltaCurrent Position: 35 54.41 N 014 30.48 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 179 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereOnce we escaped from Port de Peche, we then did a 3-day tour of the south, including the Sahara Desert, with 7 other (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Southern TunisiaCurrent Position: 33 52.06 N 008 35.48 E Click to view map. Wow. Time flies. I cant believe it has been a month since we arrived in Tunisia. We spent a bit more time there than expected because of the work being done on the boat. But we got away and couldn’t (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Ggantija Temples, GozoCurrent Position: 36 2.84 N 014 16.14 E Click to view map.After a nice sail from Tunisia, as Noel wrote on the blog while ago, we arrived in Malta on May 31st. Our first port of call was in this picturesque fishing port of Mgarr, in the beautiful island of Gozo. (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Boat Yard at Monastir Port de Peche, TunisiaCurrent Position: 35 45.35 N 010 50.14 E Click to view map.
Distance sailed since last post: 84 nautical miles. View the map of our voyage track hereFor the past two weeks we have been stuck on the hard in Monastir getting some work done – (Click to Read More...)
Current Location: Natural Sauna, PantelleriaCurrent Position: 36 46.51 N 011 59.48 E Click to view map.It is unfortunate that the town of Pantelleria presents such an uninviting face. Totally destroyed in the last war, it was rebuilt in a hurry with concrete blocks. It is clean, certainly, but it wins no points for charm. As (Click to Read More...)