Corinth, bad weather and finally new horizons! Adventures in Greece cruising the Mediterranean on our boat Matilda.
Today marks 100 days since Matilda went into the water and we’ve been living aboard. As we reach this milestone, I’ve been thinking a lot about how important it is to be able to trust your equipment. …
Astros, electronics and the end of Summer. Adventures in Greece cruising the Mediterranean on our boat Matilda.
The weather has definitely taken a turn this week. From balmy clear days in the high 20’s where we were swimming when we could, it’s now overcast and cool in the low 20’s or even down to 16C overnight. …
Adventures in Greece cruising the Mediterranean on our boat Matilda. It’s upgrade time, new electronics and the simple beauty of the right tool for the job.
There is a lot more to ropes than you might think. For a start when on a boat, they aren’t called ropes at all, they are lines. Dock lines, stern lines, bow lines, spring lines and that’s just a motor boat — sailing boats have even more. A rope is…
Adventures in Greece cruising the Mediterranean on our boat Matilda. A few days swimming then back to Ermioni to prep for a visit to Athens.
We spent the start of the week at Kyparrisi, a small tourist town with a stunning beach, crystal clear water, no ferry and almost no tourists. We chose to anchor out again and enjoyed a peaceful couple of days relaxing and swimming.
Rosie has come to very strongly associate the…
Adventures in Greece cruising the Mediterranean on our boat Matilda. It’s windlass repairs in Porto Heli, we spring a leak and finally end up somewhere new — Monemvasia!
“…and then, something broke.” If I ever get around to putting this all together as a book (which a few people have suggested now), this will probably be the title of it. …
Adventures in Greece cruising the Mediterranean on our boat Matilda. We travel to Kilada to replace the tender and end up back in Porto Heli again.
I said last week about boat life being fixing things in exotic places. If only we could be that lucky again. Sometimes it’s just fixing things in un-exotic places.
Adventures in Greece cruising the Mediterranean on our boat Matilda. We end up in Poros for longer than expected then head east to Ermioni and Porto Heli.
There is a saying which seems pertinent that cruising is really just fixing your boat in exotic locations. That’s certainly felt true this week! It’s a week full of lots of boat drama (not just ours) and exotic locations.
Literally five minutes after I shared last weeks’ post, we hauled…
Adventures in Greece cruising the Mediterranean on our boat Matilda. Leaving Lavrion heading to Varkiza and then Poros.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for — J.A. Shedd
It was an amazing feeling setting out from the marina, one that’s hard to describe. Definitely a lot of excitement — finally, that the moment we’ve been working towards for the last 12…
Adventures in Greece cruising the Mediterranean on our boat Matilda. This week with a brief trip to Edinburgh, Scotland!
Consider this week an intermission from boat related updates. OK, sure, there’s one small one, but MOST of this post is about our visit to Edinburgh. Our daughter Ella has been “stuck” in Edinburgh due to covid travel restrictions, first preventing her from returning to the US and then various…
Adventures in Greece as we cruise the Mediterranean on our boat Matilda, an Adagio Sundeck 44 Trawler
OK OK, I know why you’re here — it’s the one year anniversary, but first let’s get this weeks update out of the way. I’ll make it brief.
