180. Celebrating 4 Years of Sailing: My 10 Lessons Learned
On May 1. 2025, we celebrate a milestone: exactly four years ago, we began our world journey aboard our catamaran, while I worked as an online Trainer. Since then, we’ve had countless adventures, overcome many challenges, and learned some valuable lessons. I’d love to share 10 personal insights that this journey has brought me. 1. […]
179. Dutch visit April 2025
End of March we flew from Athens to Amsterdam and enjoyed 3 weeks in the Netherlands! Since we started our worldtrip (on 1. May), this is what we have done always: back to Holland in April and October. For family/friends visits and giving training on location, so work. Usually even 2 times more in a […]
178. Cyclades
After a wonderful winter period of 8 weeks on Crete (winter here lasts until April 1st!), we sailed to Athens via the Cyclades. From there, we would fly to the Netherlands to give training sessions and visit family. The distance between Crete and Athens isn’t that great — about 130 nautical miles, which is around […]
177. Crete – East and South
After exploring the north and west of the island of Crete, it was time to discover the east and then head south! Here are the top 10 spots in the south and east that we visited and want to share with you: 1. Agios Nikolaos We had rented a car to explore the eastern side […]
176. Visiting Olive Oil Factory
During our visit to Crete, we saw so much activity in the olive harvesting process. It turns out that the season for picking olives runs from November to February. Crete plays a crucial role in Greek olive oil production: approximately 200,000 tons of olive oil are produced annually on the island, out of a total […]
175. Crete – North and West
We are on Crete: what an impressive island! It is the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean, following Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete stretches 260 km from east to west and has a surface area of 8,336 km². For comparison, the Netherlands covers approximately 41,543 km², meaning the Netherlands is about five times larger […]
174. Kythira
From the southern Peloponnese, we wanted to cross over to Crete. That’s a 70-mile journey, and with an average sailing speed of 5 miles per hour, it’s just not convenient to do it in two legs at this time of year. There aren’t 14 hours of daylight, and we prefer to depart and arrive in […]
173. Peloponnesos: West and South
In this time of year only a few boats are seen sailing here in Greece. But we love Wintersailing! Especially here in the south of Greece there are many sunny days. You just have to plan your saildays a little bit better, because the winds can be strong and harbors can be closed or have […]
172. Epiphany of Three Kings’ Day (6 Jan 2025)
Experiencing rituals in other countries: I love it! We filmed the Greek Orthodox holiday of Epiphany on January 6th with the ritual called the “blessing of the waters”. ⭐ The Greek Orthodox priest blesses a cross and throws it into the water of the harbor. This symbolizes the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan by […]
171. Olympia
After starting in Greece with enjoying the Ionic islands (Corfu, Lefkas, Kefalonia and Zakynthos), we now go to the mainland of Greece: Peloponnese! Our first blog about sailing Peloponnese is visiting the ancient city of Olympia, which was on our wish list of a long time! Wild nature It’s always interesting when you start sailing […]