• July 16

    When we got up there was no wind. We pulled anchor and were seriously considering a run for the fingers. We got little to no wind until we passed our first bail out anchorage marked by a conspicuous marble quarry near the entrance. The quarry was fascinating, the cuttings and waste from the stone had […more]

  • July 15

    We were up for another "Crack of dark" trip. We like to be up early and underway before the wind kicks up so just before dawn is not unusual. If we leave early we get in early. Another reason to do was that we were looking for a day off, we could get there early, […more]

  • July 14 under way again

    We were all tired and a short day was called for. We did about 25-30 miles up to Atalantis on the east side of mainland Greece. As we were up and underway by 6 am the anchor was down before noon. We all had a nap at one time or another during the hot part […more]

  • July 13, toddling around Khalkas

    The weather has given us another lay day so I'm taking the chance to look at updating the blog a little, I'm quite far behind. We took the day and Bonnie and I went ashore and spent several hours walking around Khalkas. We wanted the first part of the day to be the walk up […more]

  • through the bridge

    Just a very short note to say things are going well. We have been in a few anchorages where the internet service has not been good so I haven't been able to do much on the web site. We got through the bridge at midnight and anchored just beyond Khalkas for the night. The next […more]

  • The last bridge to Turkey! Khalkis

    We were up at 3 am and around the point early. On our way the Temple of Poseidon was lit up very prominently high on the top of a hill. I tried to take a few pictures but the exposure was too long on a moving boat. The weather was spot on with very light […more]

  • Palaia Fokaia

    We were up at a reasonable time, the winds were supposed to drop during the day so there was no advantage in getting underway too early. We left korfos and had an easy trip over to Palaia Fokaia, a small community about 30-40 km down the coast from Athens. The windlass on Rick's boat is […more]

  • Stepping back a few days, The Corinth Canal

    The Corinth Canal We left Confused Windy Bay, our name for the anchorage we were in. It came by the name by the weird winds we got. We set our anchor anticipating northerly winds in the forecast but the winds were anything but. We were getting blasted from all sides so we pulled up our […more]

  • Another short post

    Another short post, the meltimis are blowing strong across the Aegean so we can't take a direct route across. There is a weather window tomorrow morning, another early start, to get from where we are and up to the island of Evia. From there we can cross the northern end of the Aegean in lighter […more]

  • Just a real quick post, maybe more later

    We left Itea to go toward the Cornith Canal and were hit by less than good weather so we bailed and headed up to another anchorage, one with out internet so no posts. We were stuck there for two days and then headed toward the Corinth Canal. After hear horror stories of waiting for hours […more]

  • July 6

    Shabbot, a day of rest, well sort of. We didn't go anywhere but Rick and I changed the sea water pump on the starboard engine with his spare pump. That was a 20 minute job at most. We needed to redo the seals in the pump that we removed and that took several hours. The […more]

  • July 5 Delphi!!!!

    It was a beautiful morning. I did a little research on Delphi on Trip Advisor and Wikipedia. I printed off directions but it was all greek to me. Bonnie's the navigator, one of the pieces of the map had a lot of back and forth squiggles. The directions I had were in Greek with English […more]

  • July 4 (Happy Birthday America)

    Just a quick note while we are out buying our internet service. We are currently in Itea. Itea is near Delphi. We are hoping to rent a car and go there tomorrow. Then it is a day off for shabbot. Then we head to the Corinth Canal. After that we are waiting for the Meltimi's […more]

  • July 3

    We were up at 530 to start the engines and leave. The sun was not up but the light was enough to see clearly. We are up early to move so we are anchor down by the time the winds start to freshen around noon. This morning we were considering moving farther but there are […more]

  • July 2

    We were up relatively early but Rick wanted to head off to get the SIMM Card for his phone. He was happy when he got back, a SIMM card and Tsipy was able to get bread “and a”. Rick calls her the “and a” lady. She will go to the store “ONLY for bread” and […more]

  • June 30 +

    Today was an anchor day. All of us had a nap at one point or another. At one point I finally woke up and Bonnie was still napping so I slipped into the engine room and reassembled the generator covers. It was great all except for one screw was missing, and when I checked with […more]

  • June 29

    June 29 We were up early and underway at 3:30 am hoping to catch a good wind to Prevaza the last several days were a problem due to winds kicking up the seas and the crossing seas can be a problem for Odelia. The trip down was uneventful and smooth, although a little chilly. We […more]

  • Market day!

    One of the most interesting things we do when we travel either by RV or by Boat is go to the market. You can get a flavor of the people that you are visiting by looking at the food that they buy. If you can get to visit a farmer's market you see more than […more]

  • Corfu

    Last night after dinner we went for a walk out to the end of the street for the festival they were having for the town. There was a live band and kids were dancing and the adults were talking and eating, and watching the kids dance. We watched the band for a while and then […more]

  • June 23-24

    June 23-24   On Friday when we arrived we asked the Customs people if they were going to be open on Sunday so we could check out. “No Problem, open 8 O'clock” When they found out that we were staying on anchor they customs guy said but you need 3 copies of this form and […more]