by Mary Greensmith | Jun 24, 2020 | Sailing
Our first little sailing has been beautiful but not without it’s challenges. In fact, to be honest, the challenges began a few days before we left Samos with our dinghy bursting. We had had a couple of days with some intense heat and all of a sudden we found one side...
by Mary Greensmith | Jun 1, 2020 | Equipment, Greece, Sailing
We are back on anchor and free to sail. (In the image above is the bay we are now sitting in). Well that is the theory anyway! In reality we need to do another shop and we need to pick up a parcel that hasn’t arrived yet So in the meantime we can test all of our...
by Mary Greensmith | Feb 26, 2020 | Living, Winter
Overwintering on a boat in Samos Marina, on the beautiful Greek island of Samos could be quite a lonely affair if it wasn’t for the live-aboard community, let’s refer to them as the ‘exuberant partakers of the odd libation’…. so one naturally forms, The Sunday...
by Mary Greensmith | Feb 26, 2020 | Greece, Living, Port Authorities
With all of unknown surrounding Brexit, many UK sailors have been exploring all of the different ways in which we might or might not be affected by Brexit. Before we left the UK, we were approached by several doom and gloom merchants who felt that there was already...
by Mary Greensmith | Jan 18, 2020 | Animals on board, Sailing
I am Lilly …. here are my specs…. Name: Lilly, aka – Lillypops, Trouble, Bloody Dog, Wiggley Bum abbreviated to ‘Wigs’ Nickname: Lillypopple, Wigs, Trouble Make: Hungarian Vizsla…. make… I sound like some sort of car or something Status:...
