Sailing the North West coast of Greece from Lefkada to Sivota Mourtos on the Albanian border, we pick up friends and visit our favourite spots along the way - 2 Rocks Bay and Parga. While still beautiful, some anchorages have become over crowded, dirty and...
In our last travel blog we sailed through a storm into Folegandros so we decided to stay a while - to let the storm pass! - and travel inland to visit the main town... and what a gem!
But having spent too long in Turkey we needed to get through Greece and...
Rowan was so excited to finally arrive in Spain to pick up her new Gaston Luga backpack from Sweden. This collaboration is her first unboxing and who knows, could kickstart a new career as a YouTube influencer!.. but only if she can persuade SOMEONE to buy...
We sail from Turkey and arrive in the Greek islands, witness a high speed chase on the sea (possibly a people smuggling operation?) and try to check into Greece. Our journey continues across the Dodecanese and the Cyclades but we don't make it all the way...
We return to Bodrum (from our visit to the Gobekli Tepe on the Turkey/Syrian border - see Ep:048) to find our boat dragging.. and we collide with a Turkish gullet which destroys some of our rigging!
Undeterred we head off inland yet again to the Roman c...
With Turkey's incursion into Northern Syria, the Turkish/Syrian border is headline news at the moment for all the wrong reasons, but when we visited in July 2019, it was relatively peaceful and safe. We sincerely hope the recent conflict finds a speedy and...
This week we're visited by the coastguard to check we're complying with Turkey's strict Blue Card Scheme and more enjoyably.. by family from the UK who come sailing in Turkey with us! The kids have their birthday onboard so we visit an adventure play park ...
Turtle Bay is a famous nesting beach near Dalyan in Turkey, visited by rare species of turtles who come to lay their eggs (check out Darry's information film!). So we drop by for a visit ourselves before moving to a quiet anchorage for a snorkel (after so...
We sail all the way from Spain to Turkey to have some major upgrades completed including new standing rigging, new cockpit canopy, new sails and a double Racor filter fitted on the engine.
The last time we had major works done was in Tunisia last year but ...
After seeing how Turkish Gullets are made in a Bozburun boat yard (and seeing where Roman Abramovich had his yacht built!) we sail to Marmaris and traverse the bureaucracy of agents, crew lists and the Turkish blue card scheme aka 'poo cards'. Turkey's 'pu...
The new Greek Cruising Tax puts the wind in our sails this episode as we shoot through the Cylades to avoid it! We reflect on the lack of group activities for the kids and also have medical problems with what we think is Psoriasis. Eventually we reach Bozb...
We arrive in Syracusa, Sicily to pick up two friends as crew to continue our journey East. First we enjoy the food from the markets, the streets, icecream parlours and a restaurant before we stock up the boat and set sail again.
Apart from some bits of boa...
We finally arrive in Sicily and find shelter in the harbour. We explore the wonders of the city and then attempt to continue on our journey South until.....we manage to get 3 lines around our propellor as we try to leave. Find out how we get the propellor ...
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We set sail on the tail end of some stormy weather and stow the dinghy on deck to make sure we don't lose it! We sail for 4 days with some pretty strong winds and big swell and decide to skip Sardinia on our way to Sicily as the wind is in the right direc...
While waiting for a weather window to cross from the Balearics to Sardinia, we sail to Isla De Cabrera ( Goat Island) and apply for a permit to stay the night. That evening, we have a drink or an expensive nightmare as described by Woody and the next morni...
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Deciding ...
Tenders (RIBs, Dinghies) are vital to the life of live-boards (as we discovered last year when we didn't have one anymore!) So we were thrilled to finally afford a good quality (Hypalon), hard bottom (aluminium) RIB that can take the entire family.
Thanks...
After a long winter, we drop our lines and head East. We have to deal with a ripped main sail, an over heating engine and kids that get more lively as the days go by.
Night watches seem to be the best time for peace and quiet but the amazing wildlife we s...
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We finall...
We wintered in Almerimar marina on the Costa del Sol. Although Almerimar is probably more famous for it's miles of greenhouses and Golf Resort, we explored further afield and went walking in the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Alcazaba of Almeria. We also ...
All of our sailboat repair and maintenance blogs are now hosted on our dedicated maintenance channel, MOTHERSHIP MAINTENANCE Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mothershipmaintenance
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We quickl...
We show you what our Amel Super Maramu 53ft sailing yacht looks like both above and below decks.
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Cueva de Nerja or Caves of Nerja are a series of caverns near Málaga, Spain which display and amazing array of stalactites and stalagmites - even the world's biggest stalagmite!
These days the amphitheatre like chambers regularly house concerts but arch...
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