Envoy is currently at Polace, Mljet Island, CroatiaTHE THINGS YOU REGRET ARE THE THINGS YOU DIDN’T DO – These are the banner words of Kadey-Krogen Yachts’ advertisement in Passagemaker magazine, along with “Working hard is one thing, living your …
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WINTRY MONTENEGRO
Envoy is currently in Porto Camaro, Mljet Island, Croatia. We’ve had a delay in Blogging while we arranged internet access for Croatia, but will now be back to posts every five days or so.MONTENEGROWhen we first arrived in Montenegro we bought a SIM ca…
ENVOY’S ROUGH TRIP TO MONTENEGRO
Envoy is currently in moored to the town quay in historic Kotor, Montenegro.Before we left Corfu’s Gouvia marina we had some heavy rain bringing with it more brown dust, which quickly turns to mud. This stuff is like ochre and really marks the topsid…
CRUISING NORTH TO CORFU
Throughout the Adriatic and the Central Med there is very unstable weather with Force 7-8 gales in most areas, and Envoy is in the marina at Bar, Montenegro sitting it out.Kevin and Diane O’Sullivan joined us yesterday, coming by bus from Dubrovnik
COMPLETION OF OUR SHAKEDOWN CRUISE
Envoy is now at Gouvia Marina, Corfu Island. We leave tomorrow and on Monday do a nonstop cruise of about 165 miles to Bar in the small country of Montenegro, where we meet Kevin and Diane.From Port Leone we cruised to Kefalonia to show Chris some…
ENVOY’S “SHAKEDOWN” CRUISE
Envoy is currently at Paxos Island just south of Corfu.Med summer is now settling in with daytime temps in the mid 20s, sunny skies, light winds up to 15 knots and smooth seas. The sea is still a chilly 21dC, but we’re swimming daily.We spent our las…
FIRST PICS OF THE 2013 CRUISE
Envoy is now located near Vathi on Ithica Island and all is well.Here is a selection of photos related to blog postings up to now. The only problem going into the water was a leaking strainer from the generator seacock Standing under Env…
ENVOY LAUNCHED WITHOUT A HITCH
Envoy is currently berthed at Lefkas Marina, Ionian Sea, Greece.Envoy went into the water without a hitch on a beautiful still and sunny spring day last Thursday. Launching is quite a procedure. The travelift arrives (always at a different time to that…
ENVOY’S LAUNCHING IMMINENT
Envoy is currently on the hardstand at Lefkas Marina, Ionian Sea, Greece.During the three weeks we’ve so far been here the weather has improved dramatically and most days are now sunny with temperatures in the low 20s. Activity around the marina has …
SLOWER THAN EXPECTED PROGRESS
We’ve now completed all of the out-of-water jobs we can do ourselves and are waiting for the leaking diesel tank and Yanmar prop shaft to be repaired.Work started on the tank today – removing all of the plumbing attached to the exterior of the tank…
