On this journey I‘m sailing on Fred‘s 43 ft. aluminium custom made sailing yacht from Lisbon southwards.
We mainly remained close to the coast because of the Orcas. The recommendation is to stay within 20 m depth close to the coast.
Continue reading “Lisboa southwards – October 2024”In Paros we dropped of Michael to catch his Athens ferry and new on board came Uwe and Florian, all experienced sailors.
After storing our fresh provisions we headed off to Platys Gialos on the east side of Sifnos to fill up our front fresh water tank. The mooring lines where described to be chaotic in the small harbour and thats how it was. From Mary the local harbour master we got one mooring line that was tied up with the neighbours boat. Without any Meltemi gusts blowing in that was ok. Shortly after us three monstrous catamarans moored next to us.
After 8 months of sailing absence, the Monday travel to the shipyard in Kilada, Greece was full of expectations and concerns if all the tasks had been completed by the local workman. Michael from Austria was waiting at the Bar, he has joined me for several years and sailed with his father as a child. Now in pension he has all the time of the world and is a good helping hand to prepare the boat for the sailing season.
Till Friday we prepared the boat, cleaning & fixing things, giving the hull a new shine by polishing it with the machine brought down. On Saturday 8am we where the first to get lifted into the water.
Continue reading “From Kilada to Paros – June 2023”From Preveza, Ionean Sea we started our 410sm journey south down through the canal of Lefkas, along Lefkada to the island Meganisi, island Ithaca, past Kefalonia to Zayknthos and around the Peloponnes to Kilada.
We experienced the Peloponnese as a remote region with many archaeological sites, medieval places, historical events and ancient mythology. The island of heroes and gods.
Continue reading “Preveza – Kilada September 2022”
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Outside we had a good breeze and sailed south along the Albanian coastline.
We entered Albania by seaway as horizon was starting to glow orange, 11.2 nm south of light Ulcinj with a sail cruising speed of 6.9 knots. The wind was a perfect for the 50 sm passage from Bar to Durres, the largest port in Albania.
It‘s never too late!
What a good start to type on my typewriter again. I love typing with my two thumbs, the letters to create words and stories, all into my phones notes app.
An article in the magazine ERNST #19/20 „Schreibt“ brought me back to the idea, underlined with statement from the clairvoyant Claudia, who said to my wife Carmen that „there is a lost writer“.
On Leros, November 2023 she was sold with a heavy heart … a virtue of compromises.
