Gocek with chums, what did we think?
For anyone who hasn’t been to Turkey, you are missing out. You will not find more welcoming and helpful people anywhere. As for Gocek bay...
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Day 7 & 8 – Tomb Bay, Domuz Adasi and back to base
We had another very pleasant sail to Tomb Bay, albeit it wasn’t very far from our lunch stop in Seagull Bay. Not sure why it’s called...
Day 6 – Sarsala
Yesterday we had the most idyllic sail over from Karacaoran you can imagine. One tack and enough wind for 5 knots all the way. As...
Day 5 – Karacaoran
A very spendid 24 hours have been spent in Karacaoran, no turtles unfortunately, but plenty of swimming eating and relaxing. We think...
Day 4 – Cold Water Bay & Ali
We had a great sail to Cold Water Bay, managing over 6 knots for much of the way and only lost the wind for the last few miles. However...
Day 3 – Fethiye and a blue ribbon day
Yesterday was truly a blue ribbon day for a couple of reasons. Firstly, based on the forecast, we weren’t expecting much of sail. But...
Day 1 & 2 – Gocek, Erkan, Mr Dim & Gobun Krali
I’m writing a blog entry whilst enjoying a coffee in the taverna at Kapi Creek. Although I’ve been here well in excess of 5 times I...
Some of our favourite places in the world
We’re off to Turkey tomorrow picking up SusiJJ from Gocek and cruising the Gulf of Fethiye for a week with chums. Ellison and I both...
Day 21 – The perfect last stop – Kolona
Our reward for making such good progress north from Sifnos to Kithnos was a last stop at Kolona on the North West side of Kithnos....
Day 19 & 20 – Bashing northwards
With a continuing forecast of notherly winds (on the nose), it made sense to press on north. But given the distance back to the home...
Day 18 – Platis Yialos
Platis Yialos was not our first choice after Paros, and reviews were not great, both from Google and the pilot guide. Talk of too much...
Day 15 & 16 – 17 miles turns into 42 ending in Parikia
We planned to go to Piso Livadhi on Paros from Koufonisi, a 17 mile hop. A chance of cloud and rain but nothing much. No problems the...
Day 12, 13 & 14 – Kalotiri & Pano Koufonisi
Our very good Greek friend Nancy has joined us for a couple of days, Nancy is not her real name it’s Athanasia, but everyone in Greece...
Day 9, 10 & 11, Amorgos, the island that just keeps giving
Those that read the last post will have seen that Katapola, the main port of Amorgos, did not begin well for us. Things got worse as...
Day 9 & 10 – Katapola, Amorgos, cross winds & crossed anchors
We’re now moored up in Katapola the capital of Amorgos and expect to be here for a couple of days because of the forecast for strong...
Day 6, 7 & 8 – IOS and Schoinousa
One of the best things about a sailing holiday is that you really do leave the world behind. As I write this post my office is a cafe...
Day 5 – All of a sudden in Folegandros
Usually sailing is a pretty relaxed pastime, but every now and again, unexpectedly, things happen all of a sudden. But that’s not how...
Day 4 – Kimolos & more plotting & scheming
Day 4 and a new island, Kimolos, just to the east of Milos with one village and a population of 500. We planned to go to the main port...
Day 2 & 3 – Sifnos
After two long days we’ve decided to stay for an extra day on Sifnos, one of our favourite islands on last year’s trip. Day 2 was in the...
Ooo, Baby Baby
First evening thought we’d pop down to the port to find our home for 3 weeks, BABY. Great name! Lavrion is quite big and has loads of...
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