With only two days before our departure from Greece, rather than stay in our seductive snug anchorage in Lakki, we felt we should explore more of the islands, or at least, more of Paxos.  Gaios was much vaunted and our potter through behind the island of Ay Nikolaos confirmed that it looked pretty but it... Continue Reading →

This is a very tedious paragraph so, if you have no appetite for a rant against bureaucracy, skip to the next para. So, having failed to register to pay the new Greek cruising tax (since May this year and called TEPAI) on line, we went to the Harbour Authority Police at 9am. Thankfully there was... Continue Reading →

There is no accounting for the tastes of the ‘dark side’ of the boating fraternity and by that I mean the owners of ‘stink pots’ – motor boats. To be fair, I have learnt from a sailing friend of mine (Dave Cooke) who is THE most able sailing crew and was a Merchant Navy Captain... Continue Reading →

Our passage to Corfu was just a slog under engine. We ran the main up and it may have helped in the very light winds but they dropped away so that just our making way under the engine resulted in the sail flogging uselessly. Our decision as to our destination was a little more interesting... Continue Reading →

Entering Otranto harbour , we were told by universal sign language to ‘sling our hook’ so that is exactly what we did. The harbour wall was uninviting in any case and there was plenty of room to ‘sling our hook’ in the bay. Lifting our keel, we found a good spot and anchored in sand... Continue Reading →