Finger 1 to finger 2. 22-June-2022. What an exciting time to sail to the second finger of the Peloponnese. It is always a journey spoken in topic around a table, and over a beer by sailors making the journey from…
June 2022. Milos here we come. Leaving Sifnos was an easy departure. Big bay on the south of the island. There was a little offshore wind in the morning and we lifted the anchor and set sails. Off we went….
May 28 2022 After a nice sail and lots of funny faces in the cockpit, we found ourselves in a big remote bay on the island of Donousa. With the sun out, anchor down, and the girls ready with their…
12-April-2022 It was early morning. A pre-sunrise morning. The alarm went off and it was still dark with a glimpse of light in the eastern sky. I stumbled out of bed, excitingly tired, to the counter for coffee number one…
Summary Let me do the learning for you;) If you have any question or hesitation about making vs buying…then its really easy…call Jefa and have them make rudders for you. Costs Item Cost USD* Rudder stocks 5000TL $833 Cost to…
A long time ago in the mid 90’s, I found I had a desire to sail. I have always liked the ocean and have fond memories of a year spent in Victoria BC when I was 10. Maybe this was…
Bad calibration of INDININI’s auto pilot controller resulted in an over steer by the ram forcing out some hydraulic fluid. This caused air in the fluid and autopilot steering became very unresponsive. By the time adjustments were made to correct…
July 14, 2022 We continued north through the Ionian sea. It was only a short hop from Zakynthos to Skala beach where we spent the next night. There was not much wind and nothing forecast over night so it was…
Type of boat Sailing Name INDININI Model Mark Lombard Cigale18 LOA 18m LWL 17.5m Beam 5.1m Draft 2.8m Air Draft 26m Headroom 2.1m Year Built 2019 Launched Dec 2021 Builder Afs Yachts Country Turkey Designer Marc Lombard Displacement 17 ton…
July 9 2022 and off we head for Zakynthos. It was not an island I had heard of before. The only Greek island names that really reach Canada are those like Corfu and Santorini. We soon found out that Zakynthos…
When starting the build of INDININI I wanted flexibility in the means of control, display and alerts. I looked through several options, and even considered coding things myself and then I stumbled across ESPHome which led me to Home Assistant….
6 July 2022. We are off again. It was hard to say goodbye to Pilos but we knew it was time to get our move on. The only thing we knew about Katakolo was that it was far away. We…
30 June 2022 off to Pilos. Some call it the ‘velcro’ anchorage. We sailed up with Pasafique and Anthem a fun race in light wind. We went straight to the town quay. It cost us $15 eur for the night…
We were off again…first stop the 3rd finger. 27-Jun-2022. We were well rested after the long stay in Limeni and ready for a great day sail out into the water once again. We started with some laughs thanks to India…
Around the point and up we go. 22-Jun-2022. It was a fun and sunny sail. We left with Anthem and Pasafique and raced to Limeni. There is always something to do on a day with the sails up. This time…
