Travel Details to date … Facts and figures
44 journeys in 77 days
47 days of sailing.
1122 nautical miles
150 hours of motoring
650 litres of fuel purchased with 150 litres left in the tanks
1 fish caught. (we seriously need bigger fishing hooks … I need to become a better fisherwoman!)
Seas crossed
:
Adriatic Sea
Strait of Otranto. (near Albania)
Ionian Sea
We haven’t ran out of gas yet … we have no idea how much we have in kitchen gas bottle (10.8kg)
We also have a gas BBQ which we inherited. We couldn't purchase the gas for the bottles that were on board so we bought local Greek camping gas and had a camping gas regulator bought out from the UK to fit it. Bazaar that we can purchase the gas cylinders but could not find a regulator to fit them anywhere. Luckily we had family visiting so we purchased one in the UK that we reckoned would do the job ... and it did!
We have used a laundrette once.
We have eaten out 8 times
We have dragged the anchor twice. (With our new anchor once ... it doesn't really like weed). We realise now that we have to test it and make sure we are confident it is in and fixed. (It gives a resounding bounce back feel when you pul against it).
We have stayed along side a quay 6 times and been anchored the rest of the time.
We have had rain on three days out of 77 days
We have spent €600 a month on groceries (a lot more than we ever used to spend). Food is expensive here but it does have a hell of a journey to get to these little islands.
We have drank 125 litres of bottled water.
We can go a maximum of 9 days with 250 litres of tank water (washing and cooking). We don’t drink it except if boiled first. We do now do a lot more washing in the sea (ourselves not clothes). And we are wearing less clothing because it is too hot to wear much here in July and August. We have filled the water tanks 9 times to date.
We have learnt two words in Greek … this is appalling and will be changed right now!
Things I want to achieve in the next few months:
- I would like to read up about Greek history as the islands seemed to have been occupied by all and sundry of the centuries.
- I would like to understand the farming here. Who milks the goats.
- Learn more Greek.