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      • The sun sets as we start our first overnight passage
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      • A barren and sea swept landscape
      • A gift from the sea
      • A great example of Greek hospitality
      • Cyclades round up: highlights from onboard Nemrod
      • Two sea gypsies exploring the Cyclades
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    • Greece – Ionian Sea.
      • How it all began
      • Phasing out from Moorings Owner’s Programme
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      • Finalising the boat paperwork
      • Untying the lines
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      • A taste of the city in Corfu Town
      • Victory and failure in one night
      • Teeth grinding, and hoops of joy, at 9.4 knots
      • Introducing the ‘freeloaders’
      • June-July 2018
      • Sharing Nemrod with friends, and discovering Ormos Afales
      • Not in the pilot guide
      • Yoga on board
    • Greece – The Peloponnese.
      • October-November 2018
        • Exploring the Peloponnese
        • A helping paw
        • An eventful dinghy trip
        • Dolphins on the bow
        • Look what landed on our deck
        • Monemvasia: a wonderful surprise
        • Moonlit nights on the water
        • Our first taste of night sailing
        • The best kept churches, and the most remote
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    • I Love This Crappy Job
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    • The Table Saga
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    • It’s Me or Him said the little toe.
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27 February 20202 September 2020 By NEMROD Sailing

I Love This Crappy Job

I bet I can tell you two things you do on a regular basis. On a boat these two things can take on a more important focus. They may make you change your plans, how long you stay, where you go, what you do when no-ones looking. In the privacy of our own heads all…

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27 February 202011 May 2020 By NEMROD Sailing

Room With A View

On passage the best place to sit and relax is anywhere that gives you a good view. Being able to keep an eye on the ocean ahead and to the sides is fundamental to enjoying the passage. Well our boat is quite small and does not have a forward facing navigation station. So how can…

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14 December 201914 December 2019 By NEMROD Sailing

Reflections

Sailing is one of those pastimes that grabs you by the horns and takes you for a wild ride. I spend my time on the boat alternately in awe, in trepidation and quite often anxious, depending on the weather and sea state. I guess that is my inexperience showing. Quite a number of sailors admit…

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17 October 201917 October 2019 By NEMROD Sailing

The sun sets as we start our first overnight passage

We had long known that it would be an overnight passage between Crete and the nearest island north in the Cyclades. I had been nervous at the prospect: there is something scary about seeing the sun sink, knowing you have the whole night of inky black sea and everything the weather can throw at you….

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14 October 201915 October 2019 By NEMROD Sailing

An authentic Greek experience

One of the main reasons for heading to Chania on Crete was to meet up with Anastasia and Vassily, a Greek couple that we had met last year on the ferry between Bari and Igoumenitsa. They live in a village called Douliana, around 30 minutes by car from our anchorage in Souda Bay, 30 minutes…

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14 October 201914 October 2019 By NEMROD Sailing

Sailing the north coast of Crete

Since our tough crossing between Tilos and Kasos, we have been rewarded with some lovely harbours and calm crossings. After departing Fri on Kasos, we sailed west to land on the eastern tip of Crete in a harbour called Sitia. It felt good to have landed on the largest island in Greece, and immediately noticed…

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8 October 20198 October 2019 By NEMROD Sailing

A tale of bravery and rescue against the odds

We are in the wonderful lagoon of Spinalonga, home to a former leper colony and a beautiful spot to wait for favourable winds to go west. Yesterday we stayed on board while the southerly blew and created a sea state that was too choppy for our little dinghy to go ashore. Today dawned calm and…

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1 October 20191 October 2019 By NEMROD Sailing

A barren and sea swept landscape

We are making passage between Kos and Crete, via the islands of Tilos, Karpathos and Kasos.  Our pilot guide refers to the area as ‘sea-swept islands lying between Crete and Rhodes in a stretch of angry sea’. So we left Kos rather apprehensive of what we might experience. Our first passage between Kos and Tilos…

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26 September 201926 September 2019 By NEMROD Sailing

A gift from the sea

Dinner on board Nemrod last night was a treat – fresh calamari, as well as a flathead fish from the hook of our own rod, served with salad and washed down with Turkish red wine that was a gift from our neighbours in Arki who we helped with lines ashore when they got in a…

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24 September 201926 September 2019 By NEMROD Sailing

A great example of Greek hospitality

We’ve been moseying on down through the Dodecanese Islands, stopping in at Arki Island south west of Samos, followed by Akti Bay on Kalimnos. Two stern lines ashore in both locations, in quiet locations. Just the goats for company. I’m always amazed by their footwork on steep rocky cliffs. And I love the tinkle of…

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