We arrived in Gouvia Marina on the Island of Corfu midday Sunday at the beginning of July. We were tired because no matter how we plan it, the travel time spent getting to a distant boat is always the hardest part of the delivery. Grateful that we had time to rest before setting off, we happily unpacked our bags and readied ourselves for a few weeks of stress-free sailing.... Read more about our cruise and for information on sailing the Ionian The June night was warm with a mild breeze playing over the water. Four of us lay dozing on the cat's trampoline while we swung on a mooring. We were three adults and one very excited boy. This would be the first time that Daniel had slept on the deck of a boat.
Read more about sailing with children aboard Just in time, another offer for a boat delivery job came our way. Towards the end of June Manny worked on firming up the contract, and I began to think again of provisioning. Last summer sailing on the Atlantic leg.... Read more about provisioning, recipes for hot weather and where we store it all onboard Yofy
Take any confident sailor who feels at home in their shore side kitchen and ask them to provision for a short sailing holiday and you are sure to stir up just a little angst. Suddenly the idea of....
Read more about keeping a healthy stock of foods on board Late June, after a month of idle chatter, Manny suddenly closed the deal on a delivery job. This was to be the longest delivery we have done yet and....
Read about our 3500 mile delivery of a Lagoon 50 yatch Our passage to Sardinia took on the usual routine. Our first day out we caught two tuna. By now the crew was getting rather blasé about fresh fish and as our freezers were full, we told Mosheko....
Read more about cruising in Sardina and Sicily Yofy is a Fortune 30 designed and built in British Columbia, Canada. It's a funny coincidence that two Canadians had to come half way around the globe to find their next (Canadian built) boat. We'd always admired.....
Read about the Fortune 30 sailboat .... Living aboard a boat is certainly an odd lifestyle. Just about everybody we know wonders when we are going to get over it and move into a house. Often people ask me "Are you STILL living on that boat?" If it is difficult.....
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