Oh, We Missed You
đź“©Dearest Bedouin, Oh how we missed you.
Greece
Splish Splash
And here we go… This is Lucas, master of engines. Over the winter he serviced both our engines and replaced the sail drive baffles. After the boat was launched, he came aboard and made sure everything was water tight and running great. And we appreciated his hard work. Â When Lucas speaks, you swear it’s …
Spyros’ Window on the World
One last stop before we launched, we paid a visit to our friend Spyros at his boat chandlery “Marmarinos” to buy some line…and of course to see his store window. Spyros is a storyteller and we love a good story. He’s the master of allegory who uses his storefront window as his paper and his …
A Fresh Bottom
Back on Aegina, it was time for the last bit of yard work to finish getting the boat ready to splash.  First up, was getting our bottom painted. Never underestimate the joy of having a fresh bottom. A spiffy new coat of anti-fouling and Bedouin looked ready for swimsuit season.  We also did …
Enough Yard Work
✔️our yellow dinghy is up on the davits—let’s see if we can get another season out of her… ✔️our trashy looking winter cockpit surround is off (the taped up white one) and the nice blue surround is on—thanks to Karen and Marcel for the extra hands getting it all zipped back up!! It’s …
Nip and Tuck
We took our trampoline down to a repair shop at the end of the season last year and had them put grommets around it. It seemed like the old loops were getting tired and we weren’t feeling confident in the way it was lashed on to the boat. Â We’re not sure this is the …
A Little Support
All the posh luxury boats in the yard have their own support vehicles. And our neighbors over on the 61’ charter yacht “Namaste” had an impressive van with their massive lotus logo on the side.  Not to be outdone, Karen, Marcel, Mark and I decided we could spice up our shared rental car and …
A 33 Church Kind of Sunday
We took advantage of our beautiful little island of Aegina and headed out for a Sunday stroll not far from our boat yard in Planaco to hike a nearby hillside dotted small churches. These tiny chapels are the Mystras of Aegina, and they sit along the slopes overlooking the valley below like aged old men …
Meet Our Neighbors!
Meet our neighbors! It’s Karen and Marcel! They sold us our boat and upgraded to a beautiful new one.  They sailed it here to Aegina from the factory in France and now we’re both here in the same boat yard getting ready to splash.  Today they got their dingy ready to be hoisted …
Do I Look Happy?
Next up the windows. Not our favorite chore but we got it done.  We stripped off the old wrinkled window film and put on the new. We cried a little. We cussed a little. And happily the job is done.  ✔️windows  On to the next chore! And we finally got our escape …