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 We step off the plane in Corfu and breathe in the pine scented air. The temperature here is even cooler than Athens where we had a nine hour layover between flights. We are bone tired after getting up in the middle of the night to fly out of Israel and then waiting so many hours for our connecting flight. We’ve done our best to keep our luggage light, but it still feels heavy and we’re not finished yet. We’ve got to meet our taxi and drive down the coast to Benitses where I’ve reserved a room for us. For now, though, this breath of cool air is a balm after the crushing summer heat of Eilat.
It’s the beginning of July and Manny and I are on our way to join a sailboat that is due to arrive in Corfu.... read more about WIFI and Internet from a boat underway. It has been thirty years since my last visit to Greece. It's not that I haven't had opportunities to visit since then, but more that I've been reluctant to destroy my happy memories. For along with everything else, Greece is where I met Manny....
Read about passages to Greece, Egypt and through the Suez Canal Our arrival at Benalmenda marina signaled the end of our first leg of the delivery. It was here that the constant race against time and arguments ...
Read about our sail to Palma de Mallorca La Coruna turned out to be one of our favourite ports of call. Due to our broken auto helm, we had a few days to wait for parts. Darsena del Marina was a small ....
Read about cruising the atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal 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....
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