We left Didim last Sunday for Kos, Greece, after a very nice "Last Supper" at the Yacht Club with all our Didim friends - some of whom may be still there or returned there when we get back early May for our annual haul out. The weather has been freezing and we actually had snow on the Friday night before we left! We arrived in Kos (from where we left Greece last year) after a good trip to find that the customs dock is not ideally located on the seaw...

Thanks to Schengen (visa for 90 days in every 180) we have abandoned our Greek Island cruising in favour of getting as close to Turkey as possible where there is a checking out office from Greece. That turned out to be the Island of Kos. We are in a fairly new marina just a quick bike ride or walk from the old harbour and town. It was Halloween on the way across - we had some silly hats and masks. It was interesting coming in - Greek patrol vessels on one side an...

It was just as well that we liked Pylos - we ended up just over a week here waiting for weather. This is a changeable time of year with suitable longer distance travel windows every 5 to 7 days it seems. Where we anchored was a way off from the town but the new bigger tender handled it really well even it slightly choppy water. It was Greek Independence Day on the 28th and we ordered a lamb on the spit at Taverna Koukos. None of us quite realised that we were get...

We messed around in the Malfatano area for a few days waiting for weather. It was fun trying the tender out as a ski boat - it went really well and Peter managed to get up after 40 plus years since his last efforts! The trip to Marsala, Sicily, was a great overnight of calm seas and little or no wind (hello motor boat not sailing boat) and we arrived to a warm welcome from the marina there. After we had settled the boat down it was mid afternoon and we decided t...