It's been a couple of months since we last made a post to the MAD boat. We left the boat in Montenegro and travelled through England back to Canada where we have been with friends and family. Travelling through England was interesting, we landed in Stansted airport...
The Plan 2024
This year we are ready to finally make that jump across the Atlantic. We will be travelling through the Gibraltar Strait from Spain and head to the Canary Islands. All the upgrades are completed on the boat including a watermaker. Mid December we plan to be in Cabo Verde to start the Atlantic adventure.
Check out a few of the places we have been so far
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles – Give me sailing any day it’s easier!
We came into Montenegro over a month ago with the intention of leaving the boat here until next April 2022, all going well we would get home to Vancouver for a much needed family visit with the kids for me and Noel gets another cold winter but just in case we couldn't...
Montenegro
Checked out of Greece but actually didn't leave right away as usual tried to wait for some wind to sail away.......so we spent a few days on the Northern Greek Island of Eriekoussa and waited for some decent weather to push us up the coast to Montenegro. While we were...
Schengen Shuffle
There are so many places to see in the Cyclades Islands and we did see a lot. But, the clock is starting to tick a little faster and we need to make some definite plans to exit Greece. Our 90 days is drawing to an end. Need to start heading west so that we end up in...
Pandemic What Pandemic – Next Stop Cyclade Islands – Sitia-Dhia-Santorini-Ios-Naxos-Mykonos
Had a terrific time for another week in Sitia, while we waited for the weather to start cooperating with us. We dined out a couple of times at the local restaurants that dot around the small harbour, filled with tourists that start their evening around 10pm and finish...
All the Way to Crete
After the naming ceremony we needed to check out of Leros, the crazy part of sailing here in Greece is that every port we go into and out of requires a check-in and then a check-out (because we are a non EU vessel), Who is on the boat (passports required),...