Raffaellesco - Bill and Suzette's Sailing Adventure

 June 6, 2025 – Lefkas Marina, Lefkada, Greece Another sunny morning with a light breeze but getting a little hotter each day. The humidity is very low, 35%, and the sky is clear making for a very hot day today. With no bimini the dodger was our only shade. We did leave the mooring and motored to the fuel dock where we were able to pump out our holding tanks. No more using the boat facility but the admiral arranged a hotel room here in the marina. We walked into town for one last trip to the laundry to wash sheets and towels. A good job to do in the hottest part of the day. Back on the boat they took no time to dry as we continued our other chores. This will likely be the cleanest and driest we have ever been able to put the boat away. Saturday is turnover day for the charter boats but most of them return to the marina on Friday afternoon. Some people pack and leave, others spend their last night on the boat. It is a chaotic scene with so many boats arriving all at once. At...

  May 27, 2025 – Kalamata Marina, Peloponnese, Greece Up early to get ready for departure before the next set of high winds came up. We went to the Port Authority to check out. They had told us when we checked in that they were always open but when we arrived they said come back after 0800?! We finished getting the boat ready to go and made a stop at the grocery store for a couple things to tie us over for a few more days. On the way back to the boat we stopped at the Port Authority for a quick sign out. We dropped the groceries at the boat and then returned the rental car. The lady at the rental car place was very grateful that we took good care of her car. Evidently, not everyone does. We were away by 0930 for a calm motor down the bay, but when we turned west around the point we were hit with building wind and seas. We rolled out the sails and sailed for a while, but we were getting beat up as we made our way between a number of small islands that limited our ability to tack...