Posted on: June 13, 2022 by David and Parrot in Shearwater, Uncategorized
After rounding Cape Malia in the southern tip of the Greek Peloponnese we sailed north up the western side of Greece. Our journey had been to encircle the state the entre of which was which the classical city of Sparta. The yacht shearwater was safe in Kalamata after our summer of voyages all round Greece, […]
Posted on: June 13, 2022 by David and Parrot in Shearwater
After rounding Cape Malia we anchored before sunset in the wide south bay of Elafinisos. Clear shallow water in a huge arc framed long soft grey beaches which were busy with Greeks enjoying themselves under their sun parasols. Superyachts equalled small yachts in numbers, a few dozen of us swinging slowly on the anchors as […]
Posted on: June 10, 2022 by David and Parrot in Shearwater
The final hours of our passage when we approached the port of Leonhidos were spent sailing well at a good speed, reaching with both sails up. We love the noises that Shearwater makes. We should by then have guessed what might happen next after the pleasant afternoon in the increasing wind. The harbour looked like […]
