What an INCREDIBLE SURPRISE to be reunited with our friends Dave and Quida! We met them back in 2019 on a cruise around the South Pacific. Every day we would see them sitting around the same table with a group of their friends playing cards. That table was full of so much laughter and …
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 …
An unfortunate discovery was recently made during one of the many trips we took to the local hardware store on Aegina. Usually we pay in cash but this time we used our credit card which had our name on it. Our new friend Spilos, who runs the store, looked down at the name on …
A huge shoutout to our new friend Jack! He saw our American flag and paddled over to see if we were from the states. Jack is from New Hampshire and he’s here on vacation sailing with his family and also an Uncle from the UK. (Quite possibly a few other relatives are on board …
Our friends Marcel and Karen called us to tell us we were anchored in that same exact bay as some new sailing friends they had just recently made. They told us to scope out the bay and see if “Jack Pine” was anchored anywhere near us. Sure enough they were just two boats away! …
We rented a slip just around the corner from Porto Montenegro and rented a car for a week long road trip. As we were easing in to our spot and tossing lines when I noticed our new neighbors were flying a Ukrainian flag on their boat. I’m always happy to see this, as it reminds …
People often think sailing is a big scary venture filled with perilous seas, nefarious pirates, overwhelming uncertainty and most certainly a life unattached from community. But the truth is that it’s filled with a countless pattern of unique sunsets, the lulling rhythm of ocean, and so many new experiences that will burst your senses …
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 …
