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Greece 2025 – More Lemnos

Chapter One: AROUND MOUDROS As the weather forecast had foretold a change in the wind direction we had motored from one side of Moudros Bay to the other and had dropped our anchor off Nea Koútali. For once, the wind came as forecast, yet started to change direction an hour early at around 11.00pm. Ingrid …

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Greece 2025 – Lemnos

Chapter One: HEADING FOR LEMNOS After some last minute provisioning we prepared Cordelia and at 8.20am we untied the last line and slipped our mooring. We motored out of the harbour, and while Ingrid tidied away the dirty fenders and lines Peter pointed Cordelia along the coast towards the North-East cape at Adrapánon. At last …

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Greece 2025 – From Leros to Ikaría

THE VOYAGE CONTINUES Cordelia made a voyage that leddown Biscay, round Iberia to the Med,from Gibraltar sailing Eastto North Cyprus at least.One must say, she was brilliant at that. The two people onboard could exploredifferent countries like never before.They enjoyed Greece and Turkeyin waters, both clear and murkywhen they travelled from shore to shore. The …

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Turkey Trilogy 2024 – Part Three

Chapter One: CHANGING CONDITIONS After an uneventful night in Foça we weighed anchor at 8.00am in a Northerly Force 4 and unfurled the genoa. This didn’t last too long, and as we changed course we hoisted the mainsail. Now it was blowing a Force 5-6 from North-North-East, so we put in a reef and kept …

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Turkey Trilogy 2024 – Part Two

Chapter One: GERENCE GULF We were anchored off Teke Kara Dagi Kucukt in Karareis Bay when the wind started gusting in the late evening. Ingrid in her cockpit bed was not overly concerned and managed to sleep on and off in its increasing strength. However, by 3.00am it became impossible to relax any longer as …

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Turkey Trilogy 2024 – Part One

Chapter One: ARRIVAL AT FOÇA After the difference in rule interpretation and subsequent delay during our check-out from Greece it was good to be out on the water again. We’d left Mytilini on Lesbos at around 10.00am and sailed down the coast in a North-North-Westerly Force 4, averaging 4 knots. The wind built up and …

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