A shoutout to our new friends on svPaloma. They posted their visit to this waterfall earlier in the season and so we made a point to hunt it down and check it out after transiting the Lefkas canal and settling in to Nidri. Once the big blows finally calmed down we decided the weather window …
Mark saw these ginormous fenders at the chandlery today and fell instantly in love. Let’s just say it got a tad windy the other day and this may have been what sparked the romance. Last week we had strong winds in the forecast and all the boats were headed to protective bays with a …
Our first transit through a canal is in the books. This was a little warm-up for the big one. We’re headed our way to the impressive Corinth Canal to take the shortcut over to the Aegean. The Lefkas Canal was super easy to transit which gave us time to bask in awe over it’s …
We’re headed to the Corinth Canal via the Lefkas Canal, but first we had to stop in our favorite town Preveza. This is the town where Mark and I first saw our boat and where we met Tina at her family owned taverna Mythos. She served us so many lunches over the months that …
It’s love at first sight. I’m standing in the middle of the street like one of those cartoon characters with hearts beaming from their eyes. And I’m wondering why career day back in my high school days never mentioned this spectacular job. This Piaggio Ape has made me want to be a banana delivery …
Our first stop in Greece—the Corfu Airport where we turned a Greek Tragedy into a success story! Earlier this year, our friend Kris threaded a gauntlet of planes, buses, and cabs and came out to visit us. The good news is she made it without any problems to the boat. The bad news is …
Our first overnight passage without crew aboard is in the books. It was a beautiful gentle sail back to Greek waters. 26 hours with just the two of us taking turns on watch. There is nothing like sitting at them helm, wind filling your sails while the earth slowly tucks the sun into bed …
Uh, don’t tell our mothers, and don’t try this at home…but we just developed an excellent system for “speed snorkeling”. You see five times as much stuff without all that scissor-kicking nonsense. We’re very serious about taking the “tired” out of retired. Believe it or not, your arms get kinda tired speed snorkeling so we …
Skirting along Montenegro’s coastline, we came across this little white church precariously perched atop a craggy island cliff. As we sailed past, it beguiled me and I made the captain circle around so I could see her closer. Captain’s don’t like changing course but he’s a good man and obliged. We decided to settle …
