Posted on: October 27, 2020 by David and Parrot in Other trips
SUMMER 2020 – ENDING OUR CRUISE IN ATHENS The hotel Plaka promised “a view of the Acropolis” from our room. Sure enough it was there, all lit up as dusk fell, with the Parthenon on top in silhouette. We got cocktails on the roof terrace and watched the rock and the sky from a big […]
Posted on: October 13, 2020 by David and Parrot in Shearwater
SUMMER 2020 THE AUGUST CRUISE– Sailing the Marine Park in North Sporades At South Bay on Kia Panagia we anchored tied stern pointing to the north shore. Sure enough, the winds gusted enough to make our doubled up ropes bar tight, but we did not move. Spending a week here we had time to enjoy […]
Posted on: September 23, 2020 by David and Parrot in Shearwater
JOBS – We had looked forward to relaxing months of both July and August but we were delayed by covid and a couple of incidents on the boat last year meant she needed several days work! At last – a holding tank gauge has now been added to help all to know its empty ! […]
Posted on: April 2, 2020 by David and Parrot in Articles
Compass 104 3 pages Rhone to Cote Dazur
Posted on: April 2, 2020 by David and Parrot in Articles
Cruising article from the CA Mar 2019 Corsica Sardinia
Posted on: October 2, 2019 by David and Parrot in Shearwater
In the calm of the early morning, after the gibbous ( full ) moon had set the goats came bleating along the shore. Among them was a singular golden goat. The boundary between legend and present life is blurred more in Greece than in other places. Perhaps he was a disguised descendent of the dragon […]
Posted on: October 2, 2019 by David and Parrot in Articles
Posted on: August 20, 2019 by David and Parrot in Uncategorized
Shearwater sailed into the strong winds up the straits along east Alonnisos. The green hills sat on folded rocks of ochre and cream with caves where the swell crashed in sparkling cascades of sea. We tacked in zig zags which doubled the time of the journey so that it took all day. In South bay […]
Posted on: August 20, 2019 by David and Parrot in Uncategorized
“I held my glass up to the light…”. There were leetle frogs. ! “ ( lost in translation, he meant tadpoles ). “The water was from the green hose pipe behind you on the quay, “ added Georgiou, on his yacht out of Nice called Red Star. Parrot reminded me of that schooldays joke, “Waiter, […]
Posted on: August 7, 2019 by David and Parrot in Uncategorized
The thick planked heavy monastery door sheltered at the threshold a snake, about 4ft long. Lucky for Sarah that I was a boy sea scout, trained to be observant. She would have stood on it and jumped so high as to fall off the terrace. Snake lifted his large head to stare me out, not […]
