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Things change, and so does this site! The next few weeks things might look a bit funky.

As you have noticed we are back in Switzerland for the Winter. Lily is in Lavrion Greece on the hard. This spring we plan to continue our sailing adventures in the Med.

Meanwhile we are enjoying domestic life and going on with our projects.

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We enter forbidden Greek water

We enter forbiddenly Greek waters on island of Agathonision as we are shooed away by Turkish military from our planned anchorage in cove of St Paul for no apparent reason

lat=37.471443&lon=26.975943

Anchored in harbor of Mandraki on Ionnisos isl

Ghost-town-like Mandraki on Ionnisos island opposite Chios Isl. Not even a cat to be seen. Nice and quiet, and NO swell rocking Lily unlike horrid harbor of Plomari on south of Lesvos last night

lat=39.033638&lon=26.618887

And the Struggle between Man and Fish…

And the Struggle between Man and Fish continues. Eighth lure, zero fish. BUT the slippery wet creatures are biting and we are losing the lures no longer to boat propellers and harbour piers, but to the gapping huge jaws of their intended victims.

Position Update

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Latitude 39° 2.018″ N, Longitude 26° 37.133″ E The position report was received Thursday September 14 2006 at 2:48 PM GMT
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Rod and the 3 week-old basilicum

Rod and the 3 week-old basilicum are doing just dandy under the warm Greek-Turkish sun, on our way to Mitilini town on East side of Lesvos

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Latitude 39° 22.094″ N, Longitude 26° 10.108″ E The position report was received Wednesday September 13 2006 at 2:39 PM GMT
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Rod finds the leak’s source

Rod figures out from where the leak was coming from: waves breaking over Lily’s bow filling the gas storage locker leads to water running thru faulty gas pipe into cockpit storage locker and then down along ventilation tubes into engine room to finally fill the bilge with mystery water, turning the bilge pump on to [...]

Rowing over for breakfast

Rowing over for breakfast after a fab restfull sleep in charming Mitymna on Lesvos Island

After a hard crossing, 9 hours, 65 nmile

After a hard crossing, 9 hours, 65 nmiles, we settle in cute town Mitymna, Lesvos

lat=39.376865&lon=26.144180

Position Update

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Latitude 39° 22.612″ N, Longitude 26° 8.651″ E The position report was received Tuesday September 12 2006 at 2:39 PM GMT
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Leaving Limnos in northeast gale

Leaving Limnos in northeast gale, at first heading to Turkey via Dardanelles, then due to choppy seas, changed to direction southeast, to Lesvos island

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Latitude 39° 52.469″ N, Longitude 25° 3.514″ E The position report was received Monday September 11 2006 at 2:33 PM GMT
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Working the internet in Limnos

Working the internet in Limnos. Stuck in the pretty town we wait till the meltemi quiets down, blowing with 7-8bft.

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Latitude 39° 52.469″ N, Longitude 25° 3.513″ E The position report was received Sunday September 10 2006 at 2:26 PM GMT
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Climbing the fort of Limnos.

Climbing the fort of Limnos. Gale force Meltemi wind keep us at harbor.

The motorbike guys of Limnos island

The motorbike guys of Limnos island

Position Update

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Latitude 39� 52.467″ N, Longitude 25� 3.513″ E
The position report was received Saturday September 9 2006 at 2:20 PM GMT

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Lemnos

Motorcycling around the Island

Drinking a coffee frappe

Drinking a coffee frappe on the town square of Lemnos.

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Latitude 39� 54.706″ N, Longitude 24� 57.485″ E
The position report was received Friday September 8 2006 at 2:19 PM GMT

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Athos Abbeys and Monasteries

St Gregoriou

Simonos Petra

Dionysiou with mount Athos

Agiou Paulou

More Monasteries

More Monestaries

Sailing along Athos

Sailing along the monastaries of the Athos peninsula. We must stay at least 500m offshore because we have Laura onboard and females are striktly forbiden.

Martin and Rod

Martin and Rod doing research around Mt Athos

Martin outdoor research

Martin outdoor research

lat=40.222221&lon=23.782248

More Paradise

More Paradise

Paradise

Paradise

Position Update

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Latitude 40� 13.333″ N, Longitude 23� 46.935″ E
The position report was received Thursday September 7 2006 at 2:13 PM GMT

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Besser als Arbeit.

Besser als Arbeit. Martin augments the Med.

We had a chance to catch up with Martin

We had a chance to catch up with Martin who was at a conference in Volos.