Friday 2nd May 2014 Basimakopoulou Boatyard KiladaThe start of our 2014 cruise. After a good flight on Monday 28th, we arrived at a balmy Athens airport to be met by Helena of Pop's Cars. We shared a one-way car hire with Viv and Alan, our friends from Free Spirit, Richard driving the hair-pin bends of the Peloponnese on a dark night in a significantly under-powered, diddy little car. We each retired to our respective boats at 11.30pm after a scramble around for...

15th October 2013 Tuesday End of Season Basimakopouloi Boatyard, Kilada Perfect end to this year's cruising. The sun came back out, the temperatures rose. We stopped en route to Kilada on Friday and anchored behind a tiny islet for a last swim and snorkel in the clearest water amidst untrammelled scenery. And then on to Kilada quay for a couple of hours, to drop and take off sails, fold up on the quay and stow away, and a few other jobs where being tied to the ...

15th June 2013 Kilada Repair of the Mishap and Saga of the Wind Sim We had been having a fair degree of difficulty making progress with a proper repair to our pulpit - it had begun to be an exercise in frustration, time and interference with our cruising plans. This was our last shot, otherwise we were going to pass it over to the insurers and Hallberg-Rassy for a new pulpit. However, we are now sorted and think the other side (the perpetrator) is also happy wit...