Thursday, July 28, 2011

Pictures of Greek islands

Let the pictures talk ....

Little village of Aios Nicholas in the north of Zakynthos ... we had a great meal in the evening on this very beach ... lovely



Northern and western side of Zakynthos is full of cliffs and caves






Greeks say this is one of the most beautiful beaches on the planet .... quite true ... sandy beach, big rusty wrack on it, incredibly blue water, white cliffs 200 m high, and a cave here and there (admiral took a swim in one)....






Little town of Poros on Cefalonia



Even in middle of high season you can find a bay only for yourself.....


.... if you are prepared to share it with the goats....


Sunday, July 17, 2011

Hot wave in Greece

We are still in Ionian see, it is beautiful here, but incredibly hot, even sea is warm - up to 30 degrees C. 

Kerkyra town looks best from water ....




Captain enjoying emerald water on Paxos



West coast of Paxos ans Antipaxos is full of cliffs and caves - and captain wanted to see them all




Finally sun went down and temperature dropped from 35 to 31 degree C

Friday, July 8, 2011

First days in Greece

We arrived in Greece on wednesday in the evening, after a hard and bumpy ride. We left Cavtat in rain and it was raining almost the whole first day, with lightning and thunders occasionally. In the night got even worse, along with the rain came the waves and several thunderstorms. It wasn't till 3 in the morning that things calmed down a bit and Tomaz finally got to bed. Morning was calm, no signs of turbulent night. At the noon the wind picked up and got stronger and stronger and we reached Greece even earlier than we calculated. And the best thing was the welcoming committee - flock of dolphins, playing around our boat for minutes as we were approaching Ericoussa. And we slept long and good that night ....

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Via Inmarsat:

GPS fix

Lat: N 39 52' 40''
Long: E 19 34' 53''
Time: 17:13:52 UTC
Date: 06-07-2011
Altitude: 0 m
Velocity: 0 km/h

Accuracy
Horiz: +/- 24 m
Vert: +/- 64 m


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Via Inmarsat:

GPS fix

Lat: N 40 26' 17''
Long: E 18 59' 54''
Time: 08:18:17 UTC
Date: 06-07-2011
Altitude: -10 m
Velocity: 0 km/h

Accuracy
Horiz: +/- 32 m
Vert: +/- 80 m


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Via Inmarsat:

GPS fix

Lat: N 41 4' 59''
Long: E 18 34' 24''
Time: 00:55:11 UTC
Date: 06-07-2011
Altitude: 6 m
Velocity: 0 km/h

Accuracy
Horiz: +/- 56 m
Vert: +/- 64 m


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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Towards the Greece

So, an hour ago we left Cavtat and we are heading directly towards Greece. Weather is rainy and cold, hopefully it get's better as we get south. We'll be sailing far from the coastline, so that means no internet or mobile for couple of days. We will try to post our position from sat phone. There are still some Croatian stories to be told .... we will "catch up" with everything in Greece .... once we catch up with sleep :-)