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Sailing in Greece is so much fun. The bareboat and charter operations take up a lot of room, but we like having people around and the mood is universally festive. For this portion, in the middle of a week of dead wind we actually find an afternoon of 20 kn...

As we enter the early summer of 2018 in Greece, we find some real gems. We're still learning the habits of Talisman, our Oyster 485 sloop, but she's a rugged and spirited boat. She doesn't steer in reverse very well, but with practice things start to come ...

It's hop skip and jump up the southeastern coast of Sardinia.

A long open water passage from Minorca to Carloforte, Sardiana. But along the way, a favorable tidal stream and brisk winds shortens our trip by almost 12 hours, leading to an almost dark arrival. The channel into Carloforte is notoriously tricky and it's ...

Talisman's wonky bilge pump wiring is finally addressed.

Talisman continues east, landing in Menorca.

We add some new Raymarine i50 and i60 (wind, speed, depth) instruments to our system. These plug directly into the new SeaTalkNg backbone and eliminate the last vestiges of the legacy ST1 system. Here's how we did it.

We take our two friends, Shanna and Kelly, aboard for a passage over to the Balearic Islands. From Ibiza town (as opposed to Ibiza island) we head over to Palma de Mallorca and the Oyster Brokerage outpost there. As promised, the Oyster folks totally took ...

We get up early to make a long day run to Alicante, Spain. The sailing conditions were epic, and although we were close hauled for the first half, later it was beam-on and fast. What a joy it was!

We finally tackle a finicky Fischer Panda genset that's been shutting itself down prematurely. I'm sure some viewers will see too much time spent barking up the wrong trees, but the point is to show how hard it can be to diagnose problems.

We finally head east and north, across a long expanse of Mediterranean open water. It's a big passage, nothing like our short shakedown across the Strait of Gibraltar. We pass through weather fronts and sail during the night dodging shipping traffic.

We get a full tour of the Amel Super Maramu, a classic bluewater cruiser. This is the boat made famous by Brian and the rest of the crew on s/v Delos, and is much beloved worldwide. Of course we had to show off Talisman too.