by Mary Greensmith | Nov 10, 2019 | Greece, Islands, Living, Winter
Arriving in Leros, we made the preparations to get the boat lifted out of the water so our hole could be mended. We tried to organise things so we wouldn’t be out of the water for too long but we knew they would need to dry the boat before fixing it. They...
by Mary Greensmith | Oct 4, 2019 | Greece, Islands, Living, Sailing
We have had another fabulous 2 weeks. We were actually sailing in the right direction with the wind behind us, not too many waves and generally great conditions for gentle sailing. Fair Winds and following seas on the nail. We juggled sailing with work days, we...
by Mary Greensmith | Jul 8, 2019 | Facts and Figures, Greece, Islands
We arrived on the Friday which was perfect timing. I had a busy work day on Saturday and then Sunday to walk up to the Academy and plan whether I needed a taxi each day or not. It was a mile walk up a steep hill. Fine if the weather was cool and difficult in the...
by Mary Greensmith | Jun 14, 2019 | Greece, Islands, Living, Sailing
When planning to have guests on board there are a number of considerations we have to ponder. The first one being where will we be in a particular month so visitors can arrange flights and the second one is what will the weather be doing so that we can arrange...
by Mary Greensmith | May 1, 2019 | Greece, Islands, Living
Our sail from Kos to Symi was terrific. We waited for the wind to die down a little from the 25 to 35 knots we had had in Kos and now we were sailing in 12 to 16 knots with the wind behind us. It was such a lovely sail Sophie and I decided we could do a meditation...
by Mary Greensmith | Apr 28, 2019 | Greece, Islands, Living, Sailing
We had a really enjoyable stay in Pithagorian on Samos. We had a full 2 weeks tied to the town quay which was free during March. We then had to plan our sail south to Kos to pick up Sophie. We were still getting 5 days of wind to every 2 days of calm and it quite...
