The Cyclades and Dodecanese Islands. Arriving back in Athens late September after a couple of months back home in wintery New Zealand (hiding from the heat and chaos of July and...
The Greek Ionian to Athens. With the first leg of our trip out of the way, Barcelona via Italy, we finally arrive at our intended destination, the Ionian Islands; a month...
Barcelona to Italy. Oh the curse of getting behind on your schoolwork. I started writing up our 2025 sailing season, and we did quite a bit of sailing! And realised it...
This is emotional. We’ve made a decision to sell Coco, our beautiful Swan 58. Yes it’s pretty much a brand new yacht. We had a few months on her last European...
A short story of bad to worse. Well our sailing season in the Med has finished; somewhat abruptly and in an unexpected fashion. Picture this: You’re out there in the Mediterranean,...
The Dream, the Reality, and the Adventure… The Dream. Dear fellow adventurers (and wannabe aforementioned); or those seekers of serenity. Let’s set the scene for a wee story that’s going to...