Sunday, 19th May 2013 Sami, Kefalonia Red Rain and Fried Batteries - and Birthdays We are launched and on our way. A few minor problems, like the boat batteries are flakey - 5 years old and a lot of use. One in particular is shot, so after launching and spending one night on Preveza town quay, we returned to the boatyard (on Richard's birthday) to buy 4 new domestic batteries and R spent his birthday morning fitting them. Fun stuff. This after rain the previous ...

Been busy! And offline for a bit. We had the time, wind and inclination to go to Vassiliki - windsurfing and dinghy centre for Lefkada. The wind there, for some reason that completely escapes me, is called "Eric". He blows a steady F6-F7 in the afternoon on the west side of the bay with katabatic gusts whistling down off the hills, at the same time as the tiny yacht and fishing harbour on the east side has a steadier Force 3-5. We liked Vassiliki a lot more than...

22nd June Sami, Kefalonia I have a huge backlog, so will keep this brief-ish. We had a great (hot!) week with friends Clive & Jane of Talisman fame. We have moved on from COOC and COCRC (Chums of various complexions) and are now Chums of Two Goat Cove (or Chums of 8 Bum Bay - but more of that later).A week of island hopping (Kefalonia, Ithaca, Atoko, Kastos, Arkoudhi, Levkas), cove combing, swimming, eating and village exploring. We tried to visit an undergr...