Thought I write a blog about propulsion, what makes Yilki go, because I'm not sure that's obvious, sailing chums need read no further. ...

One of the special features of the Lycian Coast are the 'one restaurant bays' set up to cater for visiting yachts. There are more than...

I'll try to keep this short as we have an adventure we need to get cracking on with and I'm sure you've got plenty to do. Victualling is...

Ramazan Dim is the owner of Mr Dim Exclusive Apart Hotel in Gocek, a small town on the Turkish Aegean, Lycian coast. We always stay at...

I said when we got on Galicia in Portsmouth that it was strange to think that when we got back it would be spring and that it would...

The reason we chose Salamanca for our stayover was pretty arbitrary, Albufeira to Santander in one go is too much so Salamanca made...

Unbelievably our 4 weeks in the Algarve is up, tomorrow we start the long journey home. But more about that in a bit. This blog is...

So when you're in the Algarve for a bit of winter warmth, what does a normal day look like? Well today, I think it's Thursday, is...

We've never been to Albufeira in the summer, but if you have I think it would seem a very odd place in the winter. The Algarve is very...

Been offline for more than a week now, not had much to show or tell because we've only just got out of jail, COVID jail. Oops, well it...

This blog is mainly piccies, which is probably the best way to tell you about Porto. If you get a chance, go, it is beautiful. The drive...

1) Make sure the boat you’re on is very large. 2) Take Dramamine. That’s it, it’s really that simple. Our crossing on the...

Anyone who knows Ellison and I well knows that travel is a big part of our lives. Warm is also a big part of where we gravitate too...

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...

The Gers in France is full of beautiful villages, one of which is the Commune and Castelnau of Montesquiou. Montesquiou is the historic...

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...