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Aegean to Ionian, October 2024
We left Loutra on September 26 which left us about 4 weeks to get back to the Ionian sea on the West side of Greece and more specifically...

Captain Ian
Nov 2, 20246 min read
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Cyclades, September 2024
Astros was lovely, however after 5 days there on the town quay, we were beginning to go a little stir crazy. The unlimited water supply...

Captain Ian
Oct 6, 20248 min read
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Adriatic Sea to the Aegean Sea via the bottom of the Peloponnese, August 2024
At the end of our last blog, we had just dropped off Jez in Brindisi, Italy. That very same night, we sailed for Corfu and checked into...

Captain Ian
Sep 15, 20246 min read
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Trogir to Brindisi, July 2024
Our last week in Croatia We made it back to Trogir (near Split airport in Croatia) in plenty of time to pick up Jeremy. There was even...

Captain Ian
Aug 7, 20245 min read
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Split to Venice ( and back again) June, 2024
(This is a big one sorry) Venice was never part of our master plan, we'd been there a few time before we purchased NJ, but here we were...

Captain Ian
Jul 5, 20249 min read
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Montenegro to Split, May 2024
On May 19 we arrived back in Montenegro to commence our 2024 sailing season. As we had done in previous years, we had planned to do as...

Captain Ian
Jun 5, 20246 min read
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Athens to Montenegro, October 2023
We finished our last blog riding out yet another Meltemi, in Olympic Marina, South East of Athens. We had given NJ a good clean (which...

Captain Ian
May 3, 20244 min read
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Corinth Canal to Athens, September 2023
After our stressful and diabolical sail through the Gulf of Corinth, we were more than ready, the next morning to make our way through...

Captain Ian
Oct 27, 20234 min read
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Ionian Islands, August 2023
We returned to Corfu from Albania to pick up more crew in Sue and John. We would be dropping them off in Athens in a little over 3 weeks,...

Captain Ian
Sep 5, 20235 min read
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Albania, July 2023
We only saw the far Southern coast of Albania (within the close vicinity of Saranda), which is a very small sample of this large and...

Captain Ian
Aug 15, 20233 min read
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Corfu, Lakka & Syvota (Greece) July 2023
Corfu Preparation for our 30 hour sail south to Corfu was less than perfect. We would be checking out early in the morning from Bar...

Captain Ian
Jul 31, 20233 min read
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Wrapping up Montenegro and heading South, June, 2023
We only had a few more weeks in Montenegro before heading South to Greece, and there were still quite a few places we hadn’t seen yet....

Captain Ian
Jul 26, 20233 min read
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Croatia April 27, 2023
Croatia has the largest yacht charter fleet in the world and is equally popular with full time cruisers. This is in part due to its...

Captain Ian
Jun 10, 20233 min read
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Returning to Montenegro for the 2023 sailing season, March 25, 2023
We flew from Melbourne to Tivat, Montenegro with stopovers in Dubai and Belgrade. It was a very long haul, however we were delighted to...

Captain Ian
May 15, 20232 min read
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Sicily to Montenegro, September 30, 2022
After dropping Sarah off at Catania Airport then navigating Sicilian public transport back to Nova Jean in Syracuse, we decided we'd had...

Captain Ian
Feb 10, 20233 min read
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Naples to Sicily (The South Tyrrhenian Sea), September 16, 2022
A new crew member in Sarah: After many hugs and saying our goodbye's we dropped Tayla and Jez off at Naples Central Station where...

Captain Ian
Feb 9, 20236 min read
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The Tyrrhenian Sea, September 2, 2022
(Ponza, Ischia, Capri, Positano, Amalfi, Pompei & Herculaneum) PONZA Having Tayla and Jeremy onboard with us for two weeks was the...

Captain Ian
Oct 10, 20224 min read
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Sardinia July 30, 2022
Sardinia is a short sail off the southern tip of Corsica and it was here in the Northern town of Olbia that we would be meeting up with...

Captain Ian
Sep 12, 20224 min read
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Corsica July 15, 2022
We had a few weeks spare to explore the island of Corsica before we would be meeting up with friends in Northern Sardinia. We hadn't done...

Captain Ian
Aug 7, 20222 min read
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Elba July 8, 2022
We sailed overnight from Cinque Terre to the Island of Elba. It was hot and there was very little wind, so we stopped in the middle of...

Captain Ian
Jul 23, 20221 min read
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Cinque Terre July 5, 2022
Cinque Terre (The Five Lands) is a group of five small villages built on the shores of the mountainous area North of Porto Venere. They...

Captain Ian
Jul 23, 20221 min read
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Portofino July 3, 2022
Leaving Villafranch was a little sad, but we needed to get moving on to Italy and ultimately Rome to drop our guests off. Portofino is...

Captain Ian
Jul 23, 20221 min read
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French Riviera June 30, 2022
Our 24 hour crossing to Saint Tropez Started out very uncomfortable with swell coming from multiple directions. We didn't get the sails...

Captain Ian
Jul 15, 20222 min read
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Barcelona June 21, 2022
After picking up our guests in Palma and giving them a quick tour of our favourite anchorages on the island of Mallorca, it was time to...

Captain Ian
Jul 14, 20221 min read
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Mallorca, 17 June, 2022
It was difficult to leave portinatx in Ibiza as It felt like heading home after a relaxing holiday. However we needed to move on to the...

Captain Ian
Jun 25, 20221 min read
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Ibiza June 9, 2022
After 5 days and 400 nautical miles of sailing we finally made it to the island of Ibiza, party/holiday central of the Med. First stop...

Captain Ian
Jun 11, 20221 min read
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Morocco to Ibiza June 3, 2022
We spent 5 days sailing from Morocco to Ibiza with overnight stops at Fondeadero del Morron, Cartagena & Moriara. Most of this time was...

Captain Ian
Jun 3, 20221 min read
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Morocco, May 30, 2022
Marina Smir was our next destination on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco. We just needed 1 night out of the EU to reset the boats VAT...

Captain Ian
Jun 1, 20221 min read
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Gibraltar May 25, 2022
We left Cadiz, checking out of Spain. With a convoy of 4 boats hugging the coast, we headed south. Many of you would be unaware in the...

Captain Ian
May 31, 20221 min read
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Cadiz, Jerez & Rhonda, May 22, 2022
After two trying but uneventful day sails from Culatra to Mazagon and then on to Cadiz, we settled into a few days of sightseeing as well...

Captain Ian
May 22, 20222 min read
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Culatra Island, May 16 2022
After a few beers with the lads from Sopromar who did a fantastic job looking after NJ over winter, it was sadly time to leave Lagos. We...

Captain Ian
May 17, 20221 min read
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Lagos, Winter & Heading Home, November 17, 2021
With winter fast approaching, it was time to check the boat into it's winter home, Lagos Portugal. Lagos is a thriving beach resort town...

Captain Ian
Apr 7, 20222 min read
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SW Portugal to Algarve October 14, 2021
Leaving Cascais was hard as there was so much to see (and eat) however we needed to make our way to our winter home, Lagos. Lagos is a...

Captain Ian
Oct 24, 20212 min read
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Lisbon October 13, 2021
As Portugal's capital and most populous city, Lisbon is full of culture and history. Tram lines wind along narrow cobblestone streets...

Captain Ian
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Sintra October 12, 2021
Sintra is a breathtaking hilltop resort town that is about 1 hour out of Lisbon. Amongst other attractions, there are two royal palaces,...

Captain Ian
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Cascais 11 October, 2021
Cascais was and is a flourishing fishing port that became a very fashionable summer resort town during the 19th century, after the...

Captain Ian
Oct 14, 20211 min read
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1000 Nautical Miles, October 1, 2021
After 2 Months of sailing, 3 countries and 3 different languages, 20 ports and anchorages, swell ranging from dead calm to 3 meters, wind...

Captain Ian
Oct 8, 20211 min read
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Nazaré October 1, 2021
Nazaré, home of the largest wave ever surfed. It's a pretty seaside tourist destination with a large sandy beach, gift shops, restaurants...

Captain Ian
Oct 2, 20211 min read
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Figueira da Foz September 30, 2021
Figueira da Foz which translates to ‘fig tree at the mouth of the river’ is nicknamed Rainha das Praias (Queen of Beaches). We tied...

Captain Ian
Sep 30, 20211 min read
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Aveiro 26 September, 2021
We spent 3 nights anchored outside the fishing village São Jacinto. After a dinghy/ferry/bus ride we arrived in the tourist town of...

Captain Ian
Sep 26, 20211 min read
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Porto September 23, 2021
Porto, wow! We had high expectations, but boy did it overdeliver. Every corner we turned we saw something that left us gobsmacked!. We...

Captain Ian
Sep 23, 20211 min read
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Viana do Castelo September 15, 2021
Hello Portugal Viana do Castelo is a tourist town without the tourists. We squeezed into a small uninviting marina and we were...

Captain Ian
Sep 19, 20211 min read
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Cies Islands and Baiona September 12, 2021
We spent a few nights in the Islands of Cies anchored at Illa do Faro. It was a boisterous sail in and a little tricky dropping the...

Captain Ian
Sep 14, 20211 min read
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RÃas of Galicia September 8 2021
The west coast of Northern Spain (Galicia) has a number of impressive RÃas (Estuaries) which are littered with small fishing villages. We...

Captain Ian
Sep 8, 20211 min read
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A Coruña August 31, 2021
Had a lovely sail to A Coruña until the wind dropped and we had to start the engines. Booked into the Marina for 3 nights to organise...

Captain Ian
Sep 3, 20211 min read
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Spanish North Coast, Aug 30, 2021
We've spent the last few days cruising west along the Spanish North Coast, anchoring at beaches and outside small towns at night. I know...

Captain Ian
Aug 30, 20211 min read
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Ribadeo, August 26, 2021
Arrived in Ribedo as the sun was rising. It was meant to be just a target to aim for while crossing Biscay. Sadly, it's going to be hard...

Captain Ian
Aug 28, 20211 min read
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Crossing Biscay August 24, 2021
4am we left the marina in les sabs to cross the notorious "Bay of Biscay". We felt we were super prepared after days of studying the 7...

Captain Ian
Aug 27, 20212 min read
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Leaving Les sabs for good - Aug 24, 2021
Today we leave Les Sables d'Olonne for good. We have been here 5 weeks on and off mainly to have aftermarket additions added to the...

Captain Ian
Aug 23, 20212 min read
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Ile d'yeu - Aug 14 2021
Sailed to the beautiful island of Ile d'yeu for the weekend. Not much wind so we motored for part of the way. Anchored at plage des...

Captain Ian
Aug 18, 20211 min read
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