Travelling and Arrival

This is going to be a very different adventure to the one in August 2018. For a start, it's to a place where the temperatures are around 24c and the chance of rain far less probable ... hopefully! Aもっと詳しく
First Day Sailing

Today the weather was bright and sunny and after a morning briefing and a visit to the supermarket for supplies, the boat was prepared and Penny took the helm. Her trusty crew manned the ropes andもっと詳しく
Sailing to Kefalonia (Morning)

Having checked the weather forecast for today, at one point it suggested rain but fortunately it was wrong because the weather turned out to be just right ... bright and sunny with very pleasantもっと詳しく
Sailing to Kefalonia (Afternoon)

Having upped anchor and motored out from the bay it appeared the wind had almost died away to nothing, so the only option was to continue with engine power.
The sea conditions were calm and withもっと詳しく
Sailing to Ithaki

Today the weather forecast was nothing to write a blog about. It was dull and cloudy and a suggestion of rain, though there was none whilst on the High Seas - which weren't high at all of course,もっと詳しく
Leaving Ithaki

The weather forecasts for the region have continually given the impression that every sort of weather could be expected at varying times of any day. Rain, wind, calm, thunderstorms and in whateverもっと詳しく
Sailing to Spatochori

The journey to Spatochori was straightforward with the aim to find a pleasant cove or bay to drop anchor for lunch and to go swimming ... and this is exactly what happened. Penny was first in theもっと詳しく
Spatochori, Meganisi

The pirate ship sailed into the distance, clearly not at all interested in the bounty aboard Rincewind. Let's face it, your average pirate will never look mean and scary manning the cannons with aもっと詳しく
Little Vathy, Meganisi

Today brought excellent weather once again with the forecast predicting virtually no wind - wrong again.
The briefing and breakfast were in the beach restaurant, where the meal was held the nightもっと詳しく
The Last Day on the Yacht

Another great morning weather-wise, being lovely and warm with a deep blue sky, as you can see. Being the last day there was no briefing this morning because the aim was simply to sail back to theもっと詳しく
Back to the Home Port of Lefkada

Rincewind was home.
The journey from the bay was straightforward enough and for a while the wind increased and Penny & Tom raised the sails. The wind wasn't all that strong but there was just enoughもっと詳しく
Time to Leave

The final morning and a calm start to the day. Sunrise was followed with a lovely light towards the town which is hopefully captured in the photo you see.
So now it was time to finish packing andもっと詳しく
Photographs

This final footprint contains just two of the photographs Rob took during the journey around the islands. The first shown here was taken when Rob left the boat a little before sunrise, when the othersもっと詳しく
旅行者Thanks for pics,like the 🌈 xx
旅行者Hi Rob and all the other crew! I didn't know that Tom and Penny were experienced skippers, I thought that you would have a "professional" crew and that you would be just sitting around! This is MUCH better and I wish you all a very "jolly" holiday. By the way, do you know who "Rincewind" is Rob? Regards, Richard.