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Summer 2022

Merry Christmas

The year seems to have flown by and it’s strange to already have ZigZag safely moored for the winter. With just a short time in Finike marina before a planned trip back to the UK, we soon got used to marina life again. There are lots of social events arranged including a Friday happy hour, […]

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Summer 2022

Cruising the Turquoise Coast

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 […]

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Summer 2022

A New Country and a New Continent

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 […]

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Summer 2022

Αντιο σας Greece

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 […]

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Summer 2022

Our Own Private Volcano

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. […]

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Summer 2022

Exploring the Dodecanese

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 […]