194. Messolonghi
After we sailed under the bridge of Patras, we entered the Gulf of Patras. The water here is quite open and offers pleasant sailing conditions. Gulf of PatrasThe weather was still beautiful, and we sailed along the coast. There are several lovely bays and, because you are on the western side of the water, you […]
193. Rio–Antirrio Bridge
After visiting the impressive complex of Delphi in the northern part of the Gulf of Corinth, we continued sailing westward toward Patras. This is the “exit” of the Gulf of Corinth, which then turns into the Gulf of Patras. Southern shore of the Gulf of Corinth The weather in Greece was still good, with both […]
192. Delphi
When I was researching which places might be interesting to visit on or around the Gulf of Corinth, I suddenly saw the word “Delphi” on the map on the northern side of the Gulf. I thought: what! The Oracle of Delphi? And yes indeed, this was the world-famous ancient city to which generals and kings […]
191. City of Corinth and Galaxidi
And once you have sailed through the Corinth Canal from east to west, you suddenly leave the Aegean Sea, where we sailed around for so long (with islands such as Poros, Hydra, Aegina, Crete, and also Athens — all located in the Aegean Sea), and you enter the Gulf of Corinth! The Gulf of Corinth […]
190. Corinth Canal
As a sailor, I had heard before about the Corinth Canal — one of the narrowest sea canals in the world that still serves a real shipping function. I couldn’t quite picture it yet, but the moment was really coming soon when we would actually sail through it, so I started reading up on it. […]
189. Theater of Epidaurus
After our pleasant visit to Methana with its lovely harbor and volcano, we sailed on to our next highlight: the Theater of Epidaurus. AnchoringWe dropped anchor in front of the town of Epidaurus (sometimes written as Epivadros). Whenever we anchor, we set our anchor alarm (an app): if the boat drifts, we get a notification. […]
188. Methana
We sailed back north in the Saronic Gulf, because soon we want to go through the Canal of Corinth, a famous passing for sailors, in between high walls of lime stone of the main land of Greece and Peleponnesos. On our way there, we stopped at Methana and we really loved this pensinsula. So after […]
187. Spetses and Porto Cheli
We left the island of Hydra and its donkeys behind and sailed to another island belonging to the Saronic Islands: Spetses. We also visited the chic Porto Cheli, often called the Greek Saint-Tropez. Spetses On our sailing trip, we noticed that the mountains became a little less rugged compared to Hydra, and we also saw […]
186. Hydra
From the beautiful Ermioni it was only a short crossing to the island of Hydra. And after a few days in the harbor, I always love seeing the white sails on the open sea again! Especially in this high season, many boats are sailing here enthusiastically in the Saronic Gulf! We arrive at the island […]
185. Maintenance and upgrades
Just like with a house, on a boat you have cleaning, maintenance, repairs, and upgrades. The big difference is: if you don’t do your maintenance on time here, your house sinks 😉. So, every now and then we need to do some repairs or buy things, because living on salt water on a moving vessel […]