Gouvia – SY LouLouDitsi

Screaming into Gouvia

After 2 lovely sheltered, sunny days in Platarias, we leave at 1020 for Gouvia Marina on Corfu. We try sailing briefly until the wind drops to 5kts. As we enter Gouvia it starts gusting 30kts! Yes, it always gusts here, but really? We radio in to be shown to our reserved berth. I’d emailed to … Continue reading

Stay safe, LouLouDitsi

We have a day and a half to make LouLouDitsi ready for her summer hibernation and to pack for our 4 weeks away. We hose her down, put the cover over the dinghy on the foredeck to protect against UV, and empty the fridge. We get out the ‘winter’ mooring lines. These have chain which … Continue reading

Not Fit for Passage

We arrived back late on Sunday 26 August to find LouLouDitsi safe and sound, if a little grubbier than we’d left her. We were due to leave Gouvia Marina on Tuesday, but I’ve come down with the horrendous cold that John had last week. On Tuesday I couldn’t face the walk up the pontoon for … Continue reading

Electronics: Mission Creep

When we bought LouLouDitsi there were 3 things we knew we wanted to add: a proper mattress; cockpit cushions; a GPS Chart Plotter at the helm. The first 2 were done. So, just the chart plotter then . . . Having sailed most of my life before chart plotters were around, I now wouldn’t choose … Continue reading

System Crash: No NMEA

We left Gouvia this morning with me still dosed up to the eyeballs, but functioning. Half way down the Corfu channel we lost all the electronics: “No NMEA” emblazoned on the screen. Power off and on again and everything was restored. Either the current NMEA0183 was protesting against being replaced or our decision was vindicated. … Continue reading

Now We Are 4!

After leaving Gouvia on Friday, we stopped for one night in Valtos (Parga) before continuing south to Preveza. Not our usual leisurely pace, you may think, but we had to be in Preveza by Sunday evening to meet our shipmates Mike & Debbie who were joining us for 10 days. We wanted their first impression … Continue reading