Vlicho, Greece

Trip not yet begun, but the work has commenced.

So far we have managed to clean out the boat of some of the things the previous owners had left there, those we took to the second hand store up the road (everything is just “up” or “down the road” in Vlicho). We did some cleaning, much sanding and even primed the bilge under the saloon. But most importantly we acquired a piece of third-hand, 25 y/o Windpilot wind vane.

The Windpilot was courtesy of our new friends, our neighbours in the boat yard who live aboard a 41 ft Cheoy Lee called Windsong.

Windsong is like an older sister to our boat, so we bonded with them quickly, and the Windpilot fit perfectly without adjustments.

We also met Shlomi who can fix anything with his bare hands. He once watched a documentary on YouTube about a sailing journey to Antarctica, after which he took his savings and bought his very own aluminium boat so he can go to the South Pole himself.

Heading back home to Berlin for the moment, to be continued…