Please hit the SUBSCRIBE button to join the journey each week! It's 4am and we finally leave the Adriatic Ocean heading to the Ionian Sea to Preveza, Greece ...

Rick comforts Lou from the other side of the world, as they ride out a massive storm together.

Rick takes you around the back streets of Preveza. Buoy gets caught! Our rigging gets the all clear.

Our last two days on the Preveza (Greece) quay involve a masthead rigging inspection and upgrades to our dinghy davits. Following that, it's off to Kioni, but ...

We're down to the wire and the Travel Lift is coming ready or not! We struggle with a seemingly endless number of broken items and jobs that don't go as ...

More projects. Wendy services the winches and sews all the new curtains while I build us a new sunshade. Antonio Vagalis of Yacht Cooling Systems, Preveza ...

The pre-launch maintenance and upgrade projects aboard Talisman continue, with install of all new head/toilet piping, Oceanaire SkyScreens, sea-cocks and ...

The 2019 season begins with big boat projects. We start with battery checks and move on to toilet / head piping. It's the start of big, or at least numerous, ...

Talisman finally gets lifted! This is always a stressful time, since improper strap placement can damage prop shafts and instrument transducers. It's also a ...

Episode 78 finds us back once again in Preveza, killing a little time and getting our boat ready for winter haulout. This was fall of 2018, and the sailing / ...

As the 2018 season begins to wind down, we take two of our friends, Shawn and Deb, aboard for a short tour of the northern Greek Ionian islands and shoreline. ...

We decided to stay in the water this year. Marina dei Cala del Sole in Licata on Sicily is one of the marinas who have a one-hull-for-free offer for Club ...

We leave Corfu just before the next thunderstorm in the direction of Preveza. A bit over half way is the town of Parga where we find a wonderful anchorage ...

A broken bridge in the Lefkas Channel gives us the chance to see the west coast of Lefkada after all in order to reach Preveza in time

Nice anchorages on Kefalonia and Lefkas on our way to Cleopatra Marina in Preveza

Watch this to see what happens over a 6 week period on a sailboat refit! See the before and after pictures and videos :) A special 'thank you' to Andrea Blasi, ...