The last two years sailing have been a fantastic experience, we have seen so many cool places, met wonderful people and had a lot of fun. Doing it as a family means everything to me, having experiences that we will cherish as a family and hopefully setting up a strong bond with our children, while showing them... Continue Reading →
Heading South
After leaving Venice we high tailed it back down to Greece, where Vega will be wintered. The weather in the northern Adriatic can become very stormy in September so we were keen to get south to avoid the worst of it. We covered 550nm in 2 weeks choosing to sail by day down the coast... Continue Reading →
Big, bad Bora.
The Bora is a northerly wind that blows from the mountain’s running parallel to Croatia’s coast. It spills out over the coastline and into the Adriatic from a northeasterly direction and with incredible force. We’ve been through a few Boras already, but this one was a doosy. Unlike the Meltemi in Greece, or the Tramontana... Continue Reading →