Series – Greece – The Peloponnese. We left our beloved Ionian behind in search of new territories and discovered a different kind of sailing around the Southern Peloponnese. Any sailors out there will be horrified by the inaccuracy of this route, but please bear with me! We are just sorting out our tech to try…
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Series – Greece – The Peloponnese. After three and a half weeks cruising the Peloponnese, here are is a round up of highlights and lowlights. When we left the North Ionian early October, everyone else seemed to be leaving. Did they know something we didn’t about October and November sailing? Were we going to be…
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Series – Greece – The Peloponnese. Coming in to moor on the island of Spetses, I had 3 failed attempts to lasso a mooring buoy. Luckily, these handsome feline friends came to lend a hand! Quite a welcoming committee!
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Series – Greece – The Peloponnese. We were sailing the coast of the Eastern Pelopponese between Monemvasia and Tiros when the fishing line began to spin. Scott could feel a gentle tug so was confident that something was on. Nothing could have prepared us for what jumped aboard! With that big doleful eye looking at…
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Series – Greece – The Peloponnese. We were looking for a safe harbour on our way north into the Saronic Gulf. After rounding the fearsome Ak Maleas (the write up in the pilot guide warned of turbulent winds and rough seas, but we saw none of that), we saw Monemvasia in the guide that looked…
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Series – Greece – The Peloponnese. One thing that is clear from visiting numerous remote villages and towns, the churches are the best kept buildings. Even in Killini, which was a pretty dirty and run down place, they had an immaculate chapel on the ferry dock welcoming visitors into the port. This pretty church in…
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Series – Greece – The Peloponnese. We had arrived in Elafanisos, on the southern tip of the Pelopponese, a delightful little harbour that became one of our favourites. The main aim at this location was to dive and discover the sunken city of Pavlopetri. Scott had seen a BBC show about it and knew it…
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Series – Greece – The Peloponnese. We were making passage between Koroni (on the east side of the first finger from the west in the Pelopponese) to Porto Kayo (second finger, east side). The sea state was reasonably calm, so I was about to settle into my book when I saw a dolphin swimming just…
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Series – Greece – The Peloponnese. We have been treated to the most beautiful moonlit nights on board Nemrod this week. Clear skies have allowed the moon to illuminate the water as we rested at anchor. Just gorgeous. And for a night sail we couldn’t ask for more than a full moon and calm seas.
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Series – Greece – The Peloponnese. We had enjoyed a beautiful time in Olympia, our imaginations were fired with Olympic ideal, I was visualising the athletic torsos of Ancient Greeks….and then I was brought back to the present day by a weather report, predicting 25 knots of southeasterly winds heading in our direction. In order…
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