It’s project city around here. First up was to get all the old deck and water lights replaced. Some were white and some were blue, and some were too tired to work anymore. So we hired our friend Spiros to replace the ones below the waterline and the ones around the deck (all …
When you’re “in the yard” and “on the hard,” this is how you get home…or visit your neighbors home. 2,346 times a day. It’s like a real life game of Chutes and Ladders around here—except you get a better workout than the board game.
Feels good to be back on Bedouin. And now that we’re back in the yard we’ve got a million things to do before we splash. The marina is abuzz with all the boats and yachts getting ready for a new season on the water. It’s both exciting and exhausting. The posh yachts have hired …
With the ferry strike over, we successfully got our bags through a series of vans, ferries, a tiny euro car, then at last up the ladder and on board Bedouin. We were happy to see Marcel and Karen and their tiny rented car waiting for us at the docks when we arrived on Aegina. …
On this episode of “Hoarders” the Bedouin crew has arrived safely in Greece with all EIGHT of their bags. E I G H T. We looked like American excess. Last year we brought over a sewing machine and even a new kitchen sink. This year we’ve got five new hatches—wait, make …
Our first full sailing season is in the books. Here’s 12 lessons we’ve learned: 1. Everything on a boat is designed specifically to grab your toes and rip them off your feet or bludgeon them into unrecognizable stubs. 2. Jumping in the ocean is the best way to start your day. 3. …
Golden hour right here in our backyard on Aegina. A visit to the Temple of Aphaia was a majestic way to close up a long couple of work weeks and say goodbye to a charming island.
This little text showed up on our phones one evening while we were dry docked in the marina and still living on the boat. This isn’t our first rodeo with an indecipherable Greek text. Thankfully, our phone sends it titled, “Emergency Alert,” and usually comes accompanied with an ⚠️ which is easy to translate in …
We bought a bucket at the hardware store today and made the mistake of setting it down while we enjoyed a nice lunch. Not long after we turned our backs on the bucket, it was commandeered by a cat. It staked claim on the bucket and refused any attempt to evict it once we …
Meet our new friend Spyros. He is a man of many talents. He owns a chandlery on Aegina that seems to contain an endless treasure trove of nautical supplies. Mark and I often call his store “Aladdin’s Cave”. It’s bursting with anything a sailor could wish for. And if there’s something you need that you …
