Carol’s Ark

POSITION: 36°26’55″N 28°13’36″E Kicking Marlon off the boat wasn’t a decision Carol took lightly. She had to overcome the objections of not only Marlon, but the captain and the entire staff of our Italian marina. After three years, Marlon had …

Peloponnese Depopulation

POSITION: 37°38’51″N 21°19’19″E People are leaving Greece faster than greased lightning. Summer tourism is the heartbeat of the islands and summer ends in October. On the 15th to be precise. By then the hotels have shuttered, the diving centers decompressed, …

The Lagoon of Dead Boats

POSITION: 18°04’28″N 63°05’46″W Hurricane Irma tore through the northern Caribbean in September 2017. Saint Martin, the split French/Dutch island, was hit particularly hard. We stopped there twice. Once on our way down the Leewards and again before we crossed the …

Avant Nous, Le Déluge

POSITION: 38°22’02″N 20°43’02″E Dateline – Ithaca. Not that Ithaca. Ithaka the OG island in the Ionian Sea. Birthplace of Odysseus. Home to caves of swineherds and nymphs. That one. Surrounding an epic natural harbour, the principle town is Vathy. A …

Serendipity

POSITION: 38°55’22″N 20°53’53″E We are indentured to the weather. Bound by the terms and conditions set forth by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, we stayed in Corfu town only long enough to clear into Greece. Forty-five knot winds …

Captain Pugwash

We begin an occasional series on famous sea captains with a character familiar to our British fans, but one who remains mostly unknown outside the Commonwealth. The rotund figure of pirate Captain Horatio Pugwash is seared into the memory of …