halkidikiskipperJun 22, 20192 min readDay 20 & 21 – As mad as cheeseWhy cheese rather than any other comestible is difficult to fathom, and frankly, unusually, google is no help. However this is a good...
halkidikiskipperJun 20, 20192 min readDay 18 & 19 – Sinking boatsMost boats are sinking. Les Troyens is sinking, fortunately very very slowly. There is water in the bilges, not much, but without...
halkidikiskipperJun 19, 20191 min readDay 17 – Greek Island Transport and Boat ParkingFirstly, of course, there’s boats of all sizes, rowing boats (the Greeks favour rowing facing forwards), all manor of fishing boats from...
halkidikiskipperJun 18, 20192 min readDay 15 &16 – The Greek Island Rental Car.So after being a tad storm bound we have moved to our new favourite island Kimolos. The journey between here and Sifnos was relaxing as...
halkidikiskipperJun 16, 20191 min readDay 14 – The Greek Harbour MasterAlways our friend, but more of that in a bit. A brief update, we’re now in Platis Gialos, another gorgeous spot and safe from a bit of a...
halkidikiskipperJun 14, 20193 min readDay 12 & 13 – Some people really shouldn’t be allowed on boatsBut then maybe I’m forgetting how bad I was when I was first let loose with a boat. More of that in a bit, back to day 10 which was...
halkidikiskipperJun 11, 20194 min readDay 10 and 11 – Plan F and a very bad anchorDay 10 was uneventful, we had hoped to get away but the wind had other ideas, so we walked, ate, drank, swam, read and the girls shopped...
halkidikiskipperJun 9, 20192 min readDay 9 – How many Commodores, Skippers and Harbour Masters does it take to change a light bulb?The answer is quite a few, and certainly loads to sort our the electricity for Bill’s boat. Bill reported this morning his electricity...
halkidikiskipperJun 8, 20191 min readDay 8 – Meet BlazeBlaze is the star of Blaze and the Monster Machines (see piccie below). We secured Bill’s boat with a line attached to Les Troyens and...
halkidikiskipperJun 7, 20192 min readDay 7 – KalotiriKalotiri is a huge bay on the Northern coast of Amorgos the bay is actually nestled up to an uninhabited island called Nikouria, almost...
halkidikiskipperJun 6, 20192 min readDay 5 & 6 – Amorgos and a change of planWe’ve just had two very perfect days, a perfect sail from Pano Koufonisia to Katapola, the capital of Amorgos followed by a perfect day...
halkidikiskipperJun 4, 20191 min readDay 4 – Pano KoufonisiaDefinitely one of our top 10 islands in the world. No words needed, just pictures. Oh, and one of Les Troyens. Yamas!
halkidikiskipperJun 3, 20192 min readDay 2 – A late start, Day 3 – Movers dayTwo blogs in one, day 2 was pretty busy with boat paperwork, boat briefing and shopping, Day 3 a long sail to Pano Koufonisia. Day 2 was...
halkidikiskipperJun 2, 20192 min readDay 1 – This is not our boatThis monster is not our boat for 3 weeks, but the Blue Star Naxos is our ticket to Paros where we’re picking up Les Troyens....
halkidikiskipperMay 30, 20192 min readDay 0 – First world problemsI’ve had to deal with two first world problems today. The first involves football flags. We always fly an MKDONS flag on the boat. We...
