When you’re sailing, provisioning is always an adventure. In Greece, it’s a high intensity activity since most labels are beyond even the comprehension of Google Translate. It’s a gamble every time you buy food that whatever you put in your cart is actually what you thought it was supposed to be. I’ve bought …
We stayed in a Marina in Athens to get some projects done (and hide from some vicious winds). Our windlass is happy and working again, we have new wheels on our passerelle, and we bought a BBQ! With all that free electricity, we cranked out the sewing machine and Mark made a spiffy cover for …
After transiting the Corinth Canal, we were now on the eastern side of Greece in the Aegean Sea. This put us near our friends Karen and Marcel. Last year we bought our boat from them and a fabulous new friendship came with the purchase. They have spent the entire season sailing their new Lagoon catamaran …
We make our own power here on Bedouin and a certain captain doles it out like a controlled substance. He tracks its use and lets us know when we can charge things or not. Today I discovered someone charging an old school notebook which I consider a flagrant abuse of power. And since there’s …
We transited the Corinth Canal today. It’s pretty impressive: Four miles long, Seventy feet wide Rock walls that reach three hundred feet above. There’s quite a current flowing inside the channel which was a surprise, and an even swifter cash flow out of our wallet and going into the port office when we paid €295 …
After hearing rumors that the the Corinth Canal might shut down for repairs, we headed strait there a lot earlier than we had planned. We really want to experience transiting this incredible canal so we didn’t want to take any chances. As we rushed to get there, we were excited to discover the Gulf …
We got up early this morning to set sail to Messolonghi–about an eleven hour crossing through the Ionian over to mainland Greece. We hit a little traffic heading out. We always feel super tiny when we pass huge ships. Wonder if this is how a smart car feels when it gets overtaken by a …
In Argostoli we got to flex our Med Mooring muscles again and park against the wall. Med Mooring is not for the faint at heart when you’re a novice. Luckily this year we’ve done it a few times and we’re getting pretty good at it. Mark’s back-up skills are spot on, which is a miracle …
We found another note from our former Bosun/daughter Chloe who left us a million sticky note instructions hidden all over the boat on how to properly take care of Bedouin in her absence. She’s been gone for two months and we’re still finding her notes. The answer to this latest reminder was a big …
Today is the one year anniversary of the day Mark and I bought our sailboat and began the process of moving aboard—a life changing shift based on a lifelong dream, though not a dream that was authentically mine. The moment the boat was ours felt simultaneously thrilling and a bit unsettling. In all honesty, …
