Kefalonia
POSITION: 38°18’03.6″N 20°36’05.2″E Coming out of the lee of southern tip of Ithaka proved a little more challenging than expected. The winds bore down on us at 25 knots, whipping spray off the waves. Reefed and ready, we tucked a …
Category: Underway
The Gulf of Corinth – II
Position: 38°21’36.3″N 21°25’19.4″E “Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.” – Lord Byron Protected as it is, the Gulf is not immune to strong …
The Gulf of Corinth – I
Position: 38°22’50″N 22°23’11″E Once through the western end of the Corinth Canal the Gulf of Corinth floats at your feet. Greece’s third largest city, Patras, sits at the end of a long series of sleepy villages lining the gulf’s shores. …
The Corinth Canal
Position: 37°57’14″N 22°57’20″E For centuries one tyrant after another envisioned a canal uniting the Gulf of Corinth and the Aegean Sea. Seeking a shortcut to the long, risky voyage around the Peloponnese peninsula has always made economic sense. One of …
Dolphins!
Position: 38°02’17″N 22°48’42″E You need dolphins – lots of dolphins! Crossing the Gulf of Corinth a couple dozen dolphins took a shine to Aleta and played in her bow wave for a good 30 minutes. As every mariner knows, dolphins …
Ladybugs, Bird Poop, and Karma
Position: 37°15’14″N 23°06’54″E I am not by nature a superstitious person. As a teen I passed through the normal phase of thinking all life’s experiences are predetermined, but passed it off as an excuse. A couple of lessons on the …
Photos: Sifnos
Position: 36°55’57″N 24°41’19″E The best-known Cyclades islands are household names and global brands. Mykonos, Santorini, Paros and Naxos are the headliners. With direct flights and regular ferry services, those islands’ year-round populations increase by orders of magnitude in July and …
Guest List
Position: 37°18’04″N 26°33’42″E Several people, for reasons we cannot fully explain, want to spend time on Aleta. Some want to learn what the cruising life is like, some would like to carouse, some would like to sail, some would like …
From Our Aegean Correspondent
DATELINE: KOS, JUNETEENTH-ISH 2022 Not all is quiet on Turkey’s western front. Patience inside the country is running short, while tensions with Greece are running high. Couple that with falling tourism, the strange brew that makes peace in this region …