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Weeks 5&6: birthdays and spa days

We’ve been mixing it up the last week or so staying in the busy and not so busy anchorages and harbours of Kithnos, Dokos, Hydra and now Poros. As much as I love waking up to [...]

On board with train travel

It’s our wedding anniversary today – the perfect excuse to reflect on 9 happy married years and the ones that came before saying ‘I do’ such as when we traveled to Paris by train. This is [...]

Week 4: A swell time…

The last week or so has seen us move from a very dramatic Amorgos to spending some lazy days in Ios and a quick, romantic trip to Santorini… [...]

I can’t believe how quickly the days are passing us by and it’s not like we’re idle. Far from it. This week we sailed from Samos, through the Eastern Sporades, the Northern Dodecanese and to the [...]

Week 2: A potter in Pythagorion

This week has, thankfully, been without any visits to Doctors or the near loss of limbs and we have sailed – talk about progress! As I type we’re moored in Pythagorion, Samos about a boat’s length [...]

Week 1: You can never be fully prepared

So, myself and the kids have been on board for just over a week and already there have been a few ‘incidents’. Oh and did I mention we haven’t left the marina yet? As much as [...]

Kids are on board with Crew clothing

Perhaps a cheery ‘ahoy’ and telling you how heartily I have ‘scrubbed the decks’ would be expected round about now but to be honest as soon as we got on board the boat all I wanted [...]

Sailing the Greek Islands

I warned you yesterday that I was going to bore you with our sailing route. You’ve got off lightly until now so just indulge me a little, please. Here’s the first leg of our passage around [...]

Getting ready to leave…

In less than a month we’ll be in the final stages of getting to our boat. As you can imagine, there’s a bit both mentally and physically to get ready before then… When you’re downsizing from [...]

Family friendly in Kusadasi: sails & sand

When we start our sailing trip it will be from Kusadasi, Turkey. We have moored Jade here for the last few years and regular holidays there have meant we’ve got to know the area pretty well. [...]

Moving on: de-cluttering tips

With our move from land to sea only a few months away it is time to get rid of things, a lot of things, things that I didn’t even know I still owned. Here are a [...]

2013: The year to sail away

Hello! The start of the New Year seems an appropriate time to introduce a new page to my blog. After many years of talking about it we’re finally taking the plunge. In Spring 2013 we will [...]