We're off again, although not quite as planned. We originally booked our second sailing trip for last year to Turkey with our chums Andy...

That’s it, back at base in Kos after 3 weeks on 2 boats and at last achieving our long held ambition of sailing to Astipalyaia. Leaving...

Thought I’d do a bit of a saily blog today really about upwind and downwind. The difference between sailing upwind (generally against...

Meet my brother Nikos, at least it feels like I could get mistaken for a local (it seems to be happening regularly) and Nikos could be...

Much as I would quite like a pirate ship I suspect it wouldn’t be that comfy, especially as the one photo’d in yesterday’s blog is...

Well, Hellooooo Evelina, always wanted to get me one of these bad boys, now we can really rampage and pillage the 7 seas (or maybe just...

Well here we are back in Nissiros, delivering the Corfu back to base in Kos. As always it's been unbelievable how quickly the two weeks...

I think during most sailing holidays there is a place that surprises you, somewhere that you think will be ordinary but turns out to be...

Chalki is beautiful, as people say it is like a mini Symi as you can see from the piccies below. Of course we had to stay for a couple of...

According to Google (so it must be true!) there are 9,792 registered churches in Greece, but that’s just those that fall under the...

In Scottish vernacular Couping (pronounced 'cowping') means accidentally to tip over or up-turn, remembering most of the crew are...

Going to Astipalyaia has been a target for two previous sailing holidays in the Cyclades. The problem is the island is remote, it's...

Our routing for the first two days is really all about getting in the right place for the wind to make the journey to Astipalyaia easier,...

So we've spent a day exploring and relaxing in the tiny fishing village of Vathy, which is a beautiful tranquil place, but it's the...

I’ve probably mentioned this in a previous blog but for me when you cast off the lines on the first day of a sailing holiday it’s like...

This is the first sailing blog in the Med for over two years. Normally the first entry would be stuff about where we’re going, what we’re...