Sailing Greece: 50 Knot Storm & Waterspouts on a Family Catamaran
In this episode, we leave Elafonisos and sail around Cape Malea, one of the most exposed and famous capes in Greece.
The wind builds to around 25 knots as we round the cape, but once we are clear, the weather settles back into a beautiful sunny sail with light wind. We continue to Monemvasia, anchor below the great rock, and go ashore to explore the old fortified town.
From there, we head north again. The day starts perfectly — downwind sailing in around 17 knots — but the weather changes quickly.
We find an anchorage, but the wind builds to 35 knots and we start dragging anchor. We decide to move to another bay, and while we are underway the wind increases again, gusting over 40 knots. Then waterspouts begin forming around us, and we see gusts close to 50 knots while trying to find somewhere safe to stop.
This is one of the more intense sailing days we’ve had onboard Bluefish — a reminder of how quickly conditions can change, even when the day starts beautifully.
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Sailing Bluefish
A family living full-time aboard a Lagoon 42 catamaran, sailing Greece and exploring real boat life in the Mediterranean. We’re Sailing Bluefish — Fredrik from Sweden, Laura from the UK, and our two New Zealand-born boys. After building businesses and raising our family in New Zealand, we chose a different kind of life. Now our home floats. We’ve been sailing and living aboard for the past two years. We’re only now sharing the journey properly on YouTube. This channel follows the real rhythm of full-time catamaran life — Mediterranean sailing, family life aboard, worldschooling, boat systems, maintenance, repairs, anchorages, passages, weather, waiting, and the everyday lessons learned through trial and error. If you’re curious about family liveaboard sailing, Lagoon 42 life, sailing Greece, and what it really takes to live full-time on the water, welcome aboard.
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