9 mai, Grèce ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
An easy trip to the airport but Wizz Air in chaos! Priority queue took longer than non priority and flight departure delayed by nearly an hour because they missed their slot! Can only get better!😂En savoir plus
9 mai, Grèce ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Straight to work Friday morning as Carla is sitting on the hard in Basimakopoulos boatyard waiting for some TLC.
We had to take off her covers before the rain started and then after returning our carEn savoir plus
Voyageur Looks good and we have been busy too sampling Greek wine image of bottle to follow
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Thankfully lovely and sunny here in the UK or we’d be uber jealous! 🤣 hope you have a great trip
Voyageur Another Blue boat(almost). Last time I did this on Ellisa without PPE, a right mistake! Blistered skin from anti fouling, glad your older and wiser Eric!😎
GrècePeloponneseDimos ErmionidaKoilásÓrmos Koiládos37°25’1” N 23°8’1” E
13 mai, Grèce ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
With all the preparation done we are ready to be launched. In Greek time that could be anytime between 8am-1pm. Luckily all went well and we were in the water by 12.30 all captured in the videosEn savoir plus
14 mai, Grèce ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Up early before the wind got up to hoist the sails. All went well and had a chance to test them out as the wind picked up by midday. Very happy with her performance so headed off to Port Heli. All setEn savoir plus
GrèceAtticaDimos HydraKastélliÓrmos Kouáta37°20’23” N 23°20’6” E
15 mai, Grèce ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Lazy morning in Port Heli before heading off to the island of Hydra. No wind so an easy motor around the South of the mainland and we picked a quiet remote bay to anchor. As the wind picked up aboutEn savoir plus
GrècePeloponneseDimos ErmionidaErmióniLimín Ermiónis37°22’58” N 23°14’56” E 16 mai, Grèce ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Having struggled with the gearbox when mooring yesterday we decided to head over to the mainland and get an engineer to check it out. An easy trip but not so easy coming alongside but good old skipEn savoir plus
GrècePeloponneseDimos ErmionidaRozaíikaLimáni Chelíou37°19’16” N 23°8’59” E
18 mai, Grèce ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
A lazy day yesterday, tinkering with the boat whilst waiting for Engineers to come this morning. An efficient team changed the oil, twisted a few cables and said go and try it.
A calm passage up toEn savoir plus
20 mai, Grèce ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
An early start to take the front sails down before the wind got up. Shortly after, we were called up and Carla was hoisted out. Once she was in her cradle we were back on board busily preparing herEn savoir plus
Voyageur Another expensive experience Carol. We really should stick to chartering!
GrècePeloponneseDimos NafplioNáfplioLimáni Nafplíou37°34’16” N 22°48’1” E
21 mai, Grèce ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
With Carla all laid up and waiting for the engineers we took ourselves off to Nafplion by car., stopping for a lovely lunch in Bibabi.
Having walked around for an hour or two admiring the old town itEn savoir plus
22 mai, Grèce ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
And there we have it for now!
Hopefully to be resumed soon.
Voyageur It can only get better indeed!! 🤭 xx
Voyageur Weather is fab now and about to be dropped in today. Xx