Fethiye is a city and district of Muğla Province along Turkey’s turquoise coast. We anchored in the large bay at the foot of mountains covered by green pine and cedar forests. It was Republic day when we arrived so we went ashore to watch the celebrations. It is one of the most important public holidays […]
It was early morning when we untied our lines at Rhodes marina, the sun was rising over a calm sea as we set off on a 26 nm journey. There was a force 3-4 westerly wind and once out of the marina we had full sails up as we passed the old town and several […]
It was not all sunshine and cocktails for our first couple of days anchored at Panormitis on the southwest coast of Symi. We battened down the hatches to wait for thunderstorms and heavy rain to pass over us. Thankfully the anchorage was very well protected from the strong winds and swell. The bay is dominated […]
Nisyros is one of the smallest islands of the Dodecanese archipelago. It was created after a volcanic explosion, many thousands of years ago and has formed into an almost perfect circle with a diameter of approximately 8 km. The island is known for its active volcano that has one of the world’s largest hydrothermal craters. […]
After a week at Leros we finally headed out of the bay. The strong winds of the meltemi had calmed down a little but there was still a force 5 northerly wind blowing. The sails went straight up and with one reef in each we had a lively downwind sail at 6-7 kts. Lots of […]
Leros is one of twelve islands in the crescent shaped Dodecanese archipelago. According to myth, Leros island was where the ancient Greek goddess of hunting, Artemis, would go hunting, thanks to the island’s large deer population. We moored on the harbour wall in Lakki which is towards the south west of the island. Lakki is […]
Sailing ZigZag 