Staying in the Bay of Navarino last night was a good choice. The sea was calm. We were well protected from the westerlies. This morning,...

Sunrise over the location of the Navarino Battle today What a rocky start this morning. Swell from the west hit us hard after leaving...

Turkish Sailors surrender to the Greek Privateer Katsionis - Painting from his Crimean Villa Greek folklore is full of tales of heroic...

The Venetian Harbor of Chania with the Workshops to maintain the Fleet on the Left Sailing from Rethymnon to Chania was fun - albeit a...

Rethymnon in the Morning Light at 7 am - the Venetian Port is behind the Light Tower Rather heavy sailing today from Heraklion to...

We arrived at 09.30 am at the Palace of Knossos which is indeed a complex Labyrinth Knossos excursion today. Planned it luckily last week...

Riding out 2-Meter-Waves today was actually quite enjoyable We are lucky having sailed to Crete yesterday. Now on the way to Agios...

The tiny old Harbor of Kasos accommodates a few Fishing and Leisure Boats Last evening, we could not find a well-protected by on Kasos so...

The barren Island of Kasos has thousands of Terraces but little Vegetation and no Water Today, winds finally died down. We woke up to a...

After 9 months of planning and booking, the day has arrived. We are boarding the MYRA this afternoon. The adventure begins. The weather...

Francesco Morosini, Venetian Military Leader and Doge. He blew up the Parthenon As sad as it is, most people disappear in the grey ghoul...

One week to sailing – in exactly 168 hours we will board the Myra. Venetian Tower guarding the Port of Methoni - we visited once in 2017...

Tar has a high Viscosity and flows slowly but is still liquid at Room Termperature There are many unsung innovations in history. One of...

On 15th of May, Locals enthusiastically receive the Officers of the Greek Battleship "Averof" which just had arrived in Rhodes - it was...

Recognize this Naval Flag? A Russian Ship-of-the-Line sailing thru the Bosporus in 1798 Were we travelling 250 years earlier on our route...

Aerial View of Rhodes - at the Back the Ancient Acropollis with Stadion & Temple of Apollo Never underestimate the power of a Map. In...

The Navarino Castle between the Ionian Sea and the Bay of Navarino was built from 1287 - 1289 by Nicholas II Saint-Omer. Relatively...

Aerial View of La Valetta in Malta, the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Base from 1814 - 1937 The seas around Crete where we sail this summer...

300 Spartans held in 480 BC 120'000 Persians back for a full 3 Days - no Spartan survived This summer, after 2 ½ weeks of sailing, we...

The Olympias, a Replica of a Greek Trireme, was built in 1987 using original Design Plans Few things amaze me more than the large numbers...