Mooring – SY LouLouDitsi

Our first Solo Voyage

We left Nidri on Thursday morning and motored back up the Lefkas canal, but stopping before the bridge, at Lefkas town. About 2 hours. We had 2 concerns: finding a space on the quay, where most of the spaces are taken up by charter boats that aren’t yet out on charter, as it’s still early … Continue reading

Stern gland & the Hokey Cokey

The leak from the stern gland is now much reduced. Yiannis from IBA looked at it last Friday and greased it – there’s a suspicion that it wasn’t greased when it was fitted in the spring. He mopped all the water out from the groove under the stern tube and also from a well below … Continue reading

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