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Thanks for sharing. I don't want to hog the thread so I'll be brief. The Meltemi in the Aegean can be unpredictable and I've...

@Mambo42 As a general rule we avoid motoring at night around Greece and Türkiye. You just never know what your going to encounter...

Like most families we had dinghy's for the kids which progressed to speedboats depending on exam results, not the required result, no...

At the moment we don't tow the dinghy anymore, so no more wrapped lines around the prop. We installed a Davits on our solar panel frame...

Mambo, I think the first thing I would do if I were you would be to replace your dinghy towing line with a floating nylon one, its...

Great story telling and did not know you already have 5 books out. Quite an accomplishment. Like I said, it could have been Barry, but...

If you met Barry you would realise why the company is successful because he keeps his feet firmly on the ground with no airs and graces...

Great stories and I spoke with the current owner of Sailing Holidays in marina Gouvia last year. Don't remember if his name was Barry...

One of our regrets before we left the South of France to go on this trip is that the company we sailed with posted out to us a list of...

You may see in some newspapers about anti tourist demonstrations in Greece. These are obviously in built up areas around beaches and...

Normally we don't anchor out at sea as the motion makes the admiral seasick, ironic when she can skipper in a force 4 no bother. Besides...

We cruise around the same area with our Defever 49, only spend time in the ports during the off season. During the season we are on...

Yes the boat was delivered at the beginning of the season ready for the first crew of holidaymakers. The idea was to post everyday but...

I guess by now the boat has been delivered, hope it was a good trip. Did you stop in the good places or was it just racing through all...

The company (Sailing Holidays), has a fleet of sailing boats (184) and have several different summer bases which offer 1 or 2 week...