a family sailing blog
The Mediterranean Season 3. Our Mediterranean sailing adventure was always meant to be a 2 year gig. However, charmed by the great people we have met and the awesome places we have seen we found the allure too much and are heading back for a third trip, this time heading west from Greece. So, once... Continue Reading →
Orthoni, Ericoussa and Mathraki make up the Diapontia Islands. They are about 5NM off the North coast of Corfu are a wonderful place to anchor for a few days. Tranquility, nature and small taverns are the vibe here with laid back locals more than happy to pull up a chair and chew the fat over... Continue Reading →
Well, its taken a while, but I've finally managed to put together a bunch of footage taken last year and produce our first sailing film clip... Hope you enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WETmw1CIvxU
This weekend was a busy one. I have spent the last two days completing the Yachting Australia Sailing Safety and Sea Survival course. The Australian Sailing Safety and Sea Survival course was developed following the fatalities of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race. It has now been adopted by the ISAF world wide. The certificate awarded... Continue Reading →
We have just finished our second season in the Med and we have covered a bit of ground. It has been a wonderful, rewarding experience. We loved Greece, found Spain and the Balearics friendly and fun, Italy, Sardinia and Sicily were incredible, Corsica pretty and sophisticated, in short everywhere we have been has had its own... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
On these kind of trips you need a plan. If you don't then we find you can sometimes end up a little aimless. In croatia, we did get a little aimless for a while and Heather found it a bit troubling. Our original plan was to get up to Venice, but its a long... Continue Reading →
With our first Croatian guests heading on to the Netherlands for the next leg of their European jaunt, the sun came out, and the wind dropped for a few days and with new guests, Damain and Helen on board we put some miles under our belt and headed towards north west Mljet to catch up... Continue Reading →
The Crew of Antigone and Vega decided a day of shore leave was required and we decided to head off into the Montenegrin mountains on a rafting trip on the Tara River. The Tara river forms (in part) the border between Montenegro and Bosnia and aparently runs through the deepest gorge in Europe. It was... Continue Reading →
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