Chapter One: ANOTHER SIDE TO ZAKYNTHOS Ingrid woke up just after 6.00am and cleared her bedding away. We had breakfast and got Cordelia shipshape, and at 7.45am the anchor came up from the mud and weed at Katákolo. As usual, there was very little wind inside the anchor area, but outside it increased to a …
Chapter One: AROUND ODYSSEUS’ CAPE TO GÝTHEIO We’d reached Katafigio, an anchorage South of Monemvasia on the Peloponnes. After a bit of a rolly night whenever a ship passed we were up and away after breakfast at 7.05am. There was no wind to speak of and the sea was calm as we motored South. We …
Chapter One: TRAVELLING NORTH We were awake at 6.00am, had breakfast, got Cordelia shipshape, and weighed anchor at 7.40am. It came up with a big lump of mud, and despite reversing to try and get it off it kept stuck to the shovel. The wind picked up before we had fully left the bay at …
Chapter One: HEADING FOR THE MAINLAND We’d spent the night at Sandbank Bar on Kythnos, our last Aegean island. It had been a quiet night, but with not much to see on the island and intermittent Internet we decided to leave without the rest day we’d originally planned. At 6.00am the anchor came up. Outside …
Chapter One: CRUISING AGAIN We’d finally left Leros and had made it to Amorgos where we’d spent a wonderful time exploring the island. Now we felt we’d done it justice and were ready to move on. We had no wind and had to motor out of the anchorage. The sea was also very smooth, and …
Chapter One: BACK AGAIN We’d spent the last 1½ months in Leros Marina preparing Cordelia for the season. Then, on 20 April at 10.20am, we slipped our mooring and motored out of the marina. We hoisted the mainsail (with 1 reef) inside the bay, and outside we followed it up with the superjib (= the …
Chapter One: PREPARATIONS At the end of October 2025 we had left Cordelia on the hard at Leros Marina, and we did not see her again until 3 March 2026. She was scheduled to stay out of the water until the end of the month for some much needed work, and as we didn’t fancy …
Chapter One: BACK TO GREECE We’d thoroughly enjoyed our exile in Turkey and had a great sail from Datça back to Symi. Outside Gialos port we tried to call the harbour master, but nobody answered the VHF. Peter took us in anyway, and eventually a marinero came to see us as we were hovering around. …
Chapter One: BACK TO THE HISARONU GULF We’d had our fair share of action in Marmaris and were keen to find somewhere quieter again. At 8.40am we weighed anchor and were underway. The wind had blown itself out, so we motored all the way to Çiftlik together with a few “early bird” excursion boats. When …
