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CAPE SOUNION - CORINTH CANAL - TRIZONIA - Â CORFU We stayed in Lavrio for a couple of days and, the 2nd of October, left at dawn towards Cape Sounion. In Classical Antiquity, Lavrio was famous for its silver mines. The Athenians mainly exploited the silver for coining. After the battle of Marathon, Themistocles convinced them …
MILINA - MEDICANE ON A MOORING - EURIPUS CHANNEL Days were slowly becoming shorter and we could sense the end of summer. Except for a few afternoons that we went sailing around the Trikeri peninsula, most of our time was spent hanging on a mooring. Time was filled with reading, swimming, fishing and relaxing. Finally …
VISITING PELION PENINSULA During the month of August 2020 we thought that it would be wiser to stay still and avoid wandering around the Greek archipelago. Despite the pandemic outbreak, a lot of tourists had arrived. In the latest years, sailing holidays have become more and more popular and the quantity of charter boats in …
SKIATHOS - MILINA After spending 10 days in Porto Koufo we had to move on. 60 nm to the south, Skiathos was our next stop. The name "Skiathos" is composed out of two words. "Skia" (shade) & "Athos" meaning: the shade of Mount Athos. At first we were planning to land on one of the …
PREPARATION - THASOS - MOUNT ATHOS - PORTO KOUFO The last preparation of the boat before the journey was consisting in finding storage on board. When every little bag of gear and supplies landed in the cockpit, we started to think that we will not fit everything in. Amazingly, this was all cleared and …
MANUAL WINDLASS - AIS ANTENNA - TEAK GRATING In the middle of winter, the Covid-19 outbreak began. The first lockdown in Greece was in March 2020 and lasted for more than 2 months. We were confined at home and sailing was totally forbidden until June. During the month of May, we cautiously started to …
LAUNCHING - WINTER SAILING - REEFING LINES November arrived and we had to put the boat back in the water before winter. After a light sanding, the hull received a single coat of anti-fouling and the boat was ready for launching. We were anxious to test our new Radice shaft seal. The good thing about …
STERN GLAND - EXHAUST ELBOW RISERÂ After all the problems with the traditional packing stern gland in June, we finally decided to replace the system. This piece of gear had to be removed without taking out the shaft. But on Contessa's, the shaft can be extracted only if the rudder is down. That meant a …
MOVING ON BOARD - SUN AWNING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - STERN GLAND In Greece the month of June is quite hot and sunny. A protection from the sun was now essential. We ordered a large sun awning which also had to be waterproof. The material is quite tough but light enough to be foldable and …
ANTIFOULING - LAGOON TABLE - LAUNCHING - LIFE RAFT - SPRAY HOOD & MAIN SAIL COVER - WASHBOARDS Beginning of May we applied the antifouling. We used International Micron 350 in green colour. One coat was applied everywhere on the hull and a second on the exposed areas: rudder, skeg and 40 cm under …
SAILING "SAMOURAI" 