Day 0 – Plotting and scheming
Sitting at Heathrow waiting for our flight to Athens, sailing chums will know it’s never too soon for a bit of passage planning. So...
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Two weeks tomorrow
It’s almost a year since our last Greek Odyssey in the Cyclades, the largest chain of Greek islands. They consist of over 200 islands of...
Cruising the Canaries, what did we think?
It was a bit of an adventure, Ellison’s first time proper Ocean sailing and longer distances than we’d normally do. You could tell...
Las Gellates, dancing boats and fun with big winds in a Marina
This blog entry is mainly about parking, securing the boat safely and dealing with big winds in harbour. Las Gellates itself is barely...
San Sebastian, a perfect sail and more dolphins
Having had two long days getting to La Gomera we decided to stay for two days in San Sebastian, firstly because we wanted a rest and...
Over 90NM in 2 days
Having spent 3 days in Puerto De Mogan we decided to sail back to base in Tenerife as a stopover on the way to La Gomera. 50 NM to...
Puerto De Mogan and Gran Canaria
Having had a fairly long hard day getting to Puerto Mogan from Tenerife we had always decided to stay for 3 nights. This meant we could...
An early start to Puerto De Mogan
Measured on the GPS it’s 50 NM, ish, from Santa Cruz to Puerto De Mogan on Gran Canaria. So we set the alarm for 6:00 aiming to leave...
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife was a real surprise. For some reason we were expecting a small town and being on Tenerife fairly...
Santa Cruz, capital of Tenerife, two day stopover
Or maybe 3, we’ve arrived to the marina in Santa Cruz and plan to spend a day looking around, maybe going inland to look at a village...
Come to the Canaries they said…..
Come to the Canaries they said, the weather in the winter is lovely they said. We’re hoping it will be but it sure isn’t today! Being...
Road Trip!
As some of you may know we’re off on a sailing adventure in the Canaries. It is a new adventure, neither of us have ever been to the...
Day 21 – To Milos and back
It was always our aim to get to Santorini, or to give it’s is Greek name Thira, which is why we called the blog to Thira and back.  We...
Day 20 – Vourkari, Kea
Our last stop before heading back to base at Lavrion. Â It was also our first stop almost 3 weeks ago and where we had problems finding a...
Day 19 – Kolona, Kithnos
Our second time at the sand bar bay, our favourite anchorage on Kithnos and maybe in the whole of the Cyclades.  It is stunning.  The...
Day 18 – Loutra, Kithnos
Tuesday turned out not to be as windy as forecast, maybe 15 knots, gusting between 21-22 knots, so we decided going to Loutra would be...
Day 17 – Finikas, Syros
Day 17 is back to Finikas, firstly because it’s the best stop off point back to Kythnos, but also because it’s a very safe place in a...
Day 16 – Tinos
We wanted to go to Tinos town primarily for the famous church, the church of Panagia Evangelistic which is the most important Orthodox...
Day 15 – Finikas, Syros
Today was our longest journey so far, in total about 32 nautical miles about 2/3 of which was windless. Â There were a couple of usual...
Day 13 and 14 – Naxos
As I write this we’re on our way to Siros, and it’s good to be back on the water after two days in Naxos.  We were both looking forward...
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