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 ...

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 ...

We are still on the south coast of Turkey excitedly anticipating the arrival of our first guests, family from Australia. We take the opportunity of a few days ...

We had an amazing day sailing from Kas back to Kalkan as we begin our journey West along Turkey's South Coast. Whilst it is sad to leave Kas, a persistent 15kt ...

That's right, we loved Kas so much, we made sure to visit again on our way west. Kas is a stone's throw from Kastellorizo, a beautiful Greek tourist town on a ...

We need to re-provision and pump black water so we sail east from Kekova to the large city of Fineke on Turkey's South Coast. We anchor of this non-touristy ...

We are still in the Kekova Roads area, as we have discovered a cruiser's paradise. We leave the Gokoya anchorage and enter the roads themselves, sailing past ...

When we entered Turkey we weren't sure if you would make it this far east but are we glad we did, because the Kekova Island area is a real playground. It ...

We had heard some really positive things about Kas, a popular town on Turkey's South Coast, and were not disappointed. After med-mooring opposite the main ...

We wanted someone to anchor between Gemiler Bay and Kas, and settled on the large bay off the town of Kalkan. We med-moored in a very popular spot sheltered ...

The first stop after Fethiye heading East along Turkey's South Coast is Gemiler Bay. We managed to sail most of the way here but it was a struggle, often ...

We left Gocek and sailed across the Gulf of Fethiye, along with many others, and entered Fethiye to go to anchor. It was a great day at sea, but we were ...

We enter the Gocek Special Marine Area from the West after departing an amazing anchorage. There's no opportunity for us to sail in here, it is a wonderfully ...

We finally got out of Marmaris, and had our opportunity to start exploring Turkey's beautiful South Coast. We managed to do some sailing which was great. We ...

We arrived in Marmaris hoping we could get our rigging repairs done quickly and professionally. We ended up having to wait a few days for the availability of ...

After successfully checking out of Greece in Kos, we start early and sail the very short distance into Turkish waters. While frustrated we still can't sail due ...

We are in a race against time to get to Kos to check out and head to Turkey. This is all due to the requirement to not overstay 90 days in Greece next time we ...