Golf of Patras to the Eastern Peloponnisos, Greece We often blog about the exciting things we see and do while cruising. But in between the iconic ruins and thrilling passages are normal, everyday occurrences that take cruising from one long vacation into just a regular, somewhat unusual, life. After a few weeks sailing around the […]
Corinth Canal, Greece To sail from the Ionian Islands to the Aegean Sea, you can either go south around the Peloponnisos, or travel east through the Gulf of Corinth; we chose to go east. The entrance to the Gulf of Corinth is marked by the Rion-Andirrion suspension bridge, the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world. […]
Olympia, Delphi & Epidaurus For the last few years, we have been watching the Greek economic crisis with interest. As a result of government overspending, Greece was forced to adopt harsh austerity measures to bring the country’s deficit under control. This, in turn, caused much unhappiness with Greek residents, a change in lifestyle and drop […]
Ionian Islands, Greece A cruising friend once gave us some very good advice. “Always remember, any docking that you can walk away from, is a good docking.” We have passed these brilliant words on to other cruisers, posted them on Facebook, blogged about them, and repeated them to ourselves after every hairy experience. But we […]
Skorpios Island, Greece On our fifth night in Greece, we sat down to dinner in our private cove at Jackie’s favorite beach house. Jackie is Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and we were anchored off Skorpios, a private island of the Onassis dynasty and the wedding venue of Jackie and Ari. There is no public access […]
Siracusa, Sicily Italy It was a beautiful, sunny, calm morning in Siracusa Sicily. Perfect conditions to dinghy into town for one last wander, before leaving our home-away-from-home for Greece. One last visit to Sicily’s most stunning piazza, one last gelato, one last browse through the lively open market, one last gathering of supplies, one last […]
Siracusa, Sicily, Italy VESSEL: “The problem is the Captain is crazy!” This was one of the first things we heard after leaving Marina di Ragusa, Sicily to begin our 2013 cruising season. Bound for Siracusa, on a nine-hour passage to shake the cobwebs out of Berkeley East, the distress call over the VHF took us […]
Siracusa, Sicily, Italy As we sail around the Mediterranean, we count ourselves fortunate to have a nice “yacht”. We feel Berkeley East is luxurious by sailing boat standards, with a water maker, washer dryer, microwave, electric winches, etc. We struggle with space, where to store everything and even miss some of the conveniences of home, […]
14 May 2013 | Marina di Regusa Sicily, Italy What was your favorite place? When we return home for the winter, our landlubbing friends and family typically ask this impossible question. Last year, we visited 75 ports, in 7 counties, not to mention all of the cities that we saw by land. There just isn’t […]
Didim, Turkey We finally made it to Turkey For the last three years, our cruising plan has been to sail through Greece and onto Turkey for the winter. But at the end of the season, we have usually found ourselves in Italy. This year, through sheer determination, we made it all the way to Turkey […]
