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2019 Season Four : Katakolon, Nope!
When we left Pilos and headed for Katakolon, there was still a residual lumpy sea from the 4 day blow but it flattened out and […]
Author: Virginia Duncan
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2019 Season Four : Pylos (Pilos)
It is always great to get back to anchoring out after a marina stay, even though certain things are easier (getting some walks in, seeing […]
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2019 Season Four : Mystras
Mystras was a large city sprawling over the sloping-to-steep incline, topped by a fort. The Metropolis was entered through a gateway and down several marble […]
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2019 Season Four : Quick Stop Sparta (Sparti)
After the visit to the Diros Caves, we headed up to Sparta via Gythion. It was now getting really warm so we asked Thanasis our […]
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2019 Season Four : Kalamata Marina, Diros Caves
*Note the photos aren’t so hot because of all the back lighting in the cave* We were getting antsy for a boat wash, battery top […]
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2019 Season Four : Dry Spell Officially Over
We finally got this beautiful fish on our trip from Plitra into Koroni. Once we got around the next Cape it was “fish on!”, followed […]
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2019 Season Four : Elafonisos
It was a pretty long hot day motor sailing to Elafonisos which was up the inside of the first “finger” of the Peloponnise, but the […]
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2019 Season Four : Amazing Monemvasia
The trade off for a calm passage around the Cape, was no sailing breeze. The coastline was mountainous but had a surprising number of villages […]
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2019 Season Four : Vivari, Korakas Island, Port Kheli
We spent a night in Vivari which filled up with charter boats trying to wiggle onto the shallower shelf where we were anchored, then headed […]
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2019 Season Four ; Rendezvous at Tolo Island
Setting off into 20 knot winds on the nose wasn’t our preferred sail plan, but 15 minutes later the wind lightened considerably and changed direction […]