After the massive day in Milos we head around the island to the East and despite pretty poor sailing conditions make it to a great anchorage on the south side ...
Leave to Roam
We survived the big storm hunkered down in Milos, and now it is time to explore. We sail across the bay and anchor off town to wash Dakini who was covered in ...
What you didn’t see last summer wasn’t just sunsets and sailing. Behind the beauty of sailing Greece and the Greek Islands were moments of fear, hope, love — ...
Sailing Holly Blue
That's right Kel is back and we are sailing from Vari on the mainland of Greece to Milos in the Cyclades. This is new territory for us and we are super excited ...
One of the biggest attractions on Greece's Aegina Island in the Saronic Gulf is the well preserved Temple of Aphaia. Agia Marina, the closest harbour to this ...
More solo Al time as I head out from Volugainia further north into the Saronic. I am heading to Aegina first, one of the busiest islands due it's proximity to ...
That's right! I am flying solo while Kel is in Eastern Europe with her parents. Unfortunately it doesn't start well , after sailing in the rain our VHF aerial ...
In this episode it is clear Helen and Pete are really getting into cruising life as we head in to explore Hydra. What a classic Greek Island. We have to anchor ...
Welcome back to Greece! In today’s sailing episode, we sail into what might be the most beautiful hidden anchorage we’ve ever found — tucked inside the north ...
In this episode we are joined in Porto Cheli by Kel's parents Helen and Peter. We have been looking forward to showing them Dakini and the amazing cruising ...
In this episode we finish our easterly slog across the Peloponnese. Whilst we have had favourable winds it has still been right astern meaning a lot of gybing ...
A nor'wester is blowing and that means in this episode we need to make tracks! We take advantage of these favourable conditions to get east across the southern ...
We are in Pylos on Greece's Western Peloponnese recovering from our transit. We have to check in, dine ashore, and do some exploring. Kel rents a car and does ...
We leave late evening, just before sunset, in order to get the sails up before dark. We know we have our biggest passage yet, to get from Syracuse on Sicily's ...
David and I are unwilling to stay in the cold and wet of the northern Ionian and we quickly, well as quickly as Greek bureaucracy allows, fled Lefkada for ...
Kel is off! That's right, we drop Kel off in Lefkada having been joined by David from Brisbane. He is incredibly experienced yachtsman who has been kind enough ...
It's our 50th episode! A great time to get our beautiful gennaker out for her first fly of the season. We sail Ithaca, and do get the change to practice ...
The weather improves, and we sail from Argostoli to make the most of the last remnants of a Mediterranean summer. In this episode we sail west out of the town ...
That's right, winter is coming! We are definitely starting to notice the difference in seasons as we explore the Ioanian. There are still lots of other boats ...
We are sad to see our latest VIP head back to Athens as we sail from Nafpaktos early and re-negotiate sailing under the Patras Bridge. So far sailing in this ...
Don’t miss the Gulf of Corinth, we loved Nafpaktos & Delphi! (Sailing Dakini – Leave to Roam Ep. 46)
We start this episode anchored off the awesome town of Nafpaktos in the Gulf of Corinth. Kel heads to Delphi by car to visit the amazing archaeological site ...
In this episode we enter the Gulf of Corinth from the east as we head towards the pickup point for our next guest. The sailing conditions are great and we are ...
In this episode we leave Nydri early knowing we have an appointment in Lefkada with an electrician. Having completed our panel install our next big project is ...
In this episode we make it to a new town in the Ionian Sea, Nydri, which is a great opportunity to get the remaining parts for our solar panels. Yes, after ...