Bosun Chloe
There’s nothing our youngest daughter Chloe won’t do on board Bedouin, she’s killing it as our Bosun.
Season 1
It’s in the Bag
We had to wait for a morning with no wind and it finally came. The sails are out of the lockers, out of the sail bags, and with our Bosun Chloe’s help the sail is installed and happily nestled in the lazy bag. Rookie Mistake, can you spot it? After we posted a photo of …
New Fenders
After our fancy new “bottom job” we took the dingy into town to our favorite chandlery on Preveza and bought ourselves all new fenders and lines. Our girl is all polished up and we just couldn’t hang the shabby looking ones back up on her. A huge shout out to Tsoukas Marine for helping …
She’s Got a Name
Stickers are officially on and our boat has a name. We are Bedouin. We chose the name for several reasons. Bedouins are semi-nomadic people who took their homes with them when they travelled. They were known for many things, among them, their hospitality, loyalty to family, and pride of ancestry–three qualities we find admirable. …
Sticker Day
Our paperwork is all in order, our boat has a new name, and we’ve got a launch time scheduled for tomorrow! It was a little sad to scrape the last of the “Kiri Maia” stickers off the boat, as the old owners are the BEST people and we didn’t want to remove them completely—but …
Bottom Job
A fresh coat of anti-fouling went on yesterday! Today’s job, we will attempt to apply our new boat stickers with as little cussing as possible. Check out the before and after. BEFORE AFTER
How American of Us
We arrived in Greece like most Americans; loudly and with too much stuff. We had a lot of help with the loudness and the stuff, thanks to our new friend Tina and her entourage. These American friends have come to Greece to celebrate her birthday and just so happened to be taking the same …
Packing Perfection
It’s Bedouin time! Thirty years in the making and we have finally tied up loose ends and we’re officially off! We looked like an episode of “Hoarders” as we checked in all our bags for Greece. And even though all the people in line gave us that look like we were ridiculously overpacked for …