Plastic Pollution is the buildup of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, humans and their habitats.
Lefkas (Lefkada) is an amazing island on the west coast of Greece. We lived here on our boat surrounded by wetlands and sa...
In the last blog we sailed the Cyclades and finally set sail from Crete to Malta!
We picked up new companions at sea – migrant birds heading across the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Europe - maybe housemartins, swifts or swallows - and they used the ...
The last blog was about returning from England and Woody's experiences in Aegina - a visit to the Parthenon and witnessing a live sea rescue.
In this blog we leave Aegina and head down through Cyclades to Crete and beyond!
Our first stop was Russian Bay,...
In the last blog we left Woody to look after the boat in the Aegina and get on with maintenance work while we returned to England for a few weeks.
It's great the kids are curious and want to learn about maintenance work on the boat, but obviously it slow...
This footage is from a few months ago while still in Lefkas. It was missed out of our main Travel and Sailing BIG blogs due to lack of time, bandwidth and disk space!
We've uploaded it as a smaller microblog here because it raises important issues.
Wa...
This blog it's all about finishing off the Gulf of Patras and going through the Corinth
Canal heading around to Epidavros and finally bringing the boat to Aegina.
There's always a few maintenance issues and on this passage it was the toilet - or heads!
We...
It's been roughly a year since we started video blogging and although in the beginning I hated the idea of being in front of a lens, on social media, I think it was the right decision.
While we originally set up the channel for family and friends to foll...
The rowlocks were a none standard size on the kids dinghy and we couldn't get any oars to fit, so Woody cut off the old rowlocks and glued on some new ones he found on some abandoned dinghies by the skips in the boat yard.
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▷PATREO...
We thought it was worth doing a standalone blog just on this because it was quite serious and there was a lot to learn from it.
We are involved in a genuine rescue at sea while on a Greek ferry between Athen and Aegina. About half way along our journey ...
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
An edited version of this video is now hosted there.
Scrubbing...
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
An edited version of this video is now hosted there.
Replacing...
We had mixed feelings about leaving Lefkas - it was sad to say goodbye to our new friends but we were really excited about setting sail again.
We did last minute shopping, engine checks and a rig inspection from where we could see all the walks we'd done...
So we finally left Lefkas and we're sailing again after a long cold wet winter! We hoisted the sails, turned off the engine and were met with beautiful white caps and magic dolphins. What a thrill! It was sad to say goodbye to all the friends we'd made ...
There’s no sailing in this blog but we did get to explore the snow-capped mountains that we could see from our boat in Lefkas Marina.
We hired a car and headed for the hills - an easy journey as there were hardly any cars on the road, so we wound our w...
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A decade of planning, saving and sacrifice to eventually live the dream of traveling the world by sea. We sold all our belongings, quit our jobs, rented the house, took the kids out of school and searched for the best cruising boat w...
After problems with the boat and stormy weather our plans for travel and adventure change and we end up spending the winter months in Lefkas, Greece. We take up some new hobbies like horse riding, knitting(!), hiking and guitar and get to know our fellow ...
We meet up with some friends who charter a yacht for the week and sail around the Southern Ionian, exploring caves on Meganisi and beaches on Ithaca Island. We're hit by another storm and go against our off grid principles by sheltering in a cafe with a b...
We head south through the Lefkas Canal and into the Southern Ionion to meet up with some friends chartering a yacht from our old employer - Neilson Active Holidays. We arrived early - they arrived late, so we had some fun on the beach until they arrived.
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Woody watches a flotilla coming in to Parga and remembers his old days as a flotilla skipper for Neilson Active Holidays. We're beginning to hit our stride with the home schooling and a quick stop over for lunch extends into a couple of days at anchor in ...
After a tense night anchored on a lee shore we up'd anchor and sailed to Gaios. There we found a quaint village, went for beautiful walks in the olive groves and even got the bikes out. We thought we'd found treasure on the sea bed (which would have paid...
An eventful first week as liveaboards. A hasty departure from the quayside in Preveza (due to an overflowing holding tank!) led to a lovely sail up the Northern Ionian to Parga and Paxos. We squeezed in our first swim off the boat in Parga then, following...
This video blog has been totally handed over to the kids. Their voices have rarely been heard in the run up to leaving on on this world sailing trip so it's only fair that we let them share their hopes, aspirations and concerns.
Here they discuss the jou...
We finally made it!
In October of this year we upped sticks from Brighton - UK and moved to Greece to live aboard our 53' Amel Super Maramu yacht. An unbelievably emotional and stressful time leading up to the day, but so much relief when we finally step...
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