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 | 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:...
by Mary Greensmith | Jan 9, 2020 | Sailing
Precious fresh water, onboard Preamble…. The original water maker (machine for making fresh, drinkable water from sea water) (or to give it its proper title ‘Reverse Osmosis Watermaker’) that was onboard TopCat, when we bought her, had seen better days…....
by Mary Greensmith | Dec 6, 2019 | Living, Sailing, Winter, Working on Board
I have just arrived back from a great trip back to the UK. I had a fantastic time visiting my mum right up in the north of Scotland and my son and his family right down in Kent in the south east of England. Arriving back in Samos I realised I needed my sunglasses...
by Mary Greensmith | Oct 25, 2019 | Problems, Sailing
What a week! We were in Amorgos, and just as last year when we arrived it was black clouds covering the bay. We decided that October probably wasn’t the best time to visit this island though because it is always bleak and cloudy when we come in October. The choice...
