For those of you loyal readers who have been with us since the beginning, you’ve seen us through some sticky situations: our week of COVID isolation on the boat, a gummed-up fuel tank, a snapped throttle control, a snagged anchor, the wild Aegean meltemi winds, overheating batteries and a near-miss with the Ionian medicane.… Read the rest
When we first arrived in Sicily last year, we spent the first month in the honeymoon phase.… Read the rest
Hello friends! We are baaacccckkk and ready to start Season 2 aboard Gradisca!! Before we dive right into our newest Sicilian adventures, I’ll do a little catch-up for those of you who (understandably) may have forgotten the minute details of last season.… Read the rest
Well guys. I may not be an “unreliable narrator” in the more high-brow literary sense, but it looks like I am indeed unreliable in the sense where I promise you the next installment in less than a month and instead I take my sweet time and get this to you not one, but two, months later. … Read the rest
We awoke on Saturday, September 5 eager to leave Katakolo and to sail to Zakinthos, our first Ionian island.… Read the rest
After my emotional response to the turtle welcome committee in Monemvasia, I realized that I might be a little overtired.… Read the rest
I remember being struck by two things almost immediately on our first night in Astypalaia: the quiet and the stars. … Read the rest
Our first sail was about as perfect as our first trip to the fuel pontoon (see Chapter 5) had been imperfect.… Read the rest
There’s a children’s song in the United States “Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold.”… Read the rest
After a week of working like loons to get our boat ready for our intended mid-July departure, we careened into the July 4th weekend at about 100 miles per hour. … Read the rest
