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I know I’ve been remiss in keeping up with my blog so apologies for the lack of updates for quite a long time. A lot has happened so here is a longer post with some pictures showing the highlights of my first two and a half months in Greece. Lefkada Town After my crew helped…
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This morning my last trans-Atlantic crew member, John P flew home to the UK. Kelvin and Drew flew home yesterday. Now I’m back to single-handing and leading a solitary life in my new home, Greece. It is quite an adjustment after months of passage making and having had various “room mates” aboard Nakee, starting with…
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It has been a long passage from Tortola, BVI to Preveza, Greece. We tied up at the town quay here in Preveza last night around 18:00 local time and enjoyed an evening ashore with a free concert and some great Greek food. This morning we walked to the local port authority and cleared in. They…
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Today we are going to set sail from Lipari, in the Aeolian Islands after a few great days of swimming and enjoying the hospitality of Lipari. The forecast is for a few days of light winds to get to the top of the Messina Straight, but once we get around into the Aegean Sea we…
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After two days at anchor in crystal clear waters off Capo Carbonara, we have set sail this morning for Vulcano, one of the Aeolian Islands N.E. Of Sicily. They are 257 nm away and the forecast is for light winds, so it will take us a few days to get there. Yesterday we took the…
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We had an easy passage from Majorca to Sardinia, with light winds and flat seas all the over except for the last few hours, when the wind got up to 25 kts and the sea started to build as we approached Sant’Antioco, South-West Sardinia. We decided that carrying on overnight to our planned destination on…
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After completing the West to East trans Atlantic passage from Tortola to Gibraltar the crew have been enjoying time ashore both in Gibraltar and in La Linea, the Spanish town adjacent to Gibraltar. We also took the back-wrapped spinnaker ashore and tied it between two palm trees in the marina parking lot and managed to…
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Just a short update to let everyone know that we have stated navigating through the Straight of Gibraltar, after having watched the African and European continents get closer all day. The forecast came true we have 20-35 kts of wind on the nose and against tide, so motorsailing with reefed main and staysail upwind while…
Bluewater sailing, diving and culinary adventures!
Bluewater sailing, diving and culinary adventures!
