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PREPARING FOR LAUNCHING - ANODE INSTALLATION - TEAK GRATING Spring was already well advanced and it was time to put Samourai back into the water. The jobs to be done were including: polishing the topsides, antifouling the hull and few other small things. On the "to do" list, there was the installation of an external …
ADJUSTING AND VARNISHING NEW FLOOR BOARDS Before getting on with the varnishing there was still a little problem which had to be solved: how to secure the main floor board. After a bit of search on the internet we discovered a very clever and neat system. These are called "Floor Anchors" and have the advantage …
RENEWING THE FLOOR BOARDS Samourai was now on the hard for all winter. Unfortunately, since October, a nasty back pain did not permit us to go on with the boat jobs. November was already well advanced and we had to get on with the next project: renewing the floor boards. This was a major task …
ENGINE MAINTENANCE - HAUL OUT - BIMINI TOP By the end of October 2020, we arrived back in Corfu, our home port. About 10 days later, the Greek Government decided again that due to the high risk of Covid contamination every citizen had to stay home and respect a very strict quarantine. It was totally …
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 …
SAILING "SAMOURAI" 