S/V Artemis

June 26, 2010 Hi Everyone, We left Tranquail Bay, Greece about 9:30 Monday morning and traveled through the Levkas Canal before the weather picked up. We decided this was the last day of southerly winds for awhile so we wanted to take advantage of the favorable winds. Unfortunately just as we arrived at the 2 mile dredged channel back into Prevesa on mainland Greece we were hit with a squall. Winds were gusting 35+, pouring rain and goofy sailors trying to pass or turn in fr

Greece | Aegean Sea | Northern Greece | Artemis anchorage May 22, 2010 Hi Everyone, We took a look at Xerxes Canal but not much there today. All that remains is marshy land where it once was. We sailed about 10 miles to a fiord like bay. We were tucked back into the island with little islands protecting the entrance. It was like being on a little lake and no other boats around. There was a house at the one end. It rained all day Friday so again we chose to stay put. It felt l

October 31, 2009 Hi everyone, Happy Halloween. Can't wait to see what Maddie and Josie are wearing. It was a secret so I can only imagine until we have good internet again:-) We got some shopping in before Mike flew home on October 27. We got some nice gifts for his family. We met a taxi driver on the street and made arrangements for him to take Mike to the airport the next day. Well we took him to shore to meet his taxi at 0500. I think he was surprised that the guy showed

May 31, 2009 Hi all, Our friends Ron and Susan on "Gemini" caught up with us May 28 at Kemer Fishing Harbor (Sea of Marmara) and we are now traveling together. It's fun to have another boat to travel with. May 29 We moved on to a new unfinished harbor on Avasa Adasi (little island) We had this huge harbor all to ourselves. It looks to be about 3-4 years old and just a couple of small fishing boats are using it. Al and I walked three miles to town for fruit and bread. Then Ge

October 27, 2008 Hi We are still enjoying fantastic Fall weather in a Fethiye bay called Hide Park by the locals. The days are sunny and low 80's and it's jacket weather when the sun goes down. Great sleeping weather. We've enjoyed two weekly markets while here and will go again tomorrow. We've had some interesting hikes with our friends Ginger and Dick on Alchemy. We discovered the hike we did to Kayakoy last week was actually on an old Roman Road so this week we did the Lyc

August 31, 2008 We had a great 45nm downwind sail with 20-25 kt winds on Friday to Yesilkoy Limani near Kalkan, Turkey. It continued to blow in the anchorage but we were close in and a good anchor bite. Yesterday we had another fantastic downwind 30 nm sail. It's so fun not burning diesal and lots quieter. We anchored in Ucagiz Limani at Kekova Roads. Again the wind howled so we didn't leave the boat until this morning. We Went into the village and got bread and fruit. We met

Turkey | Gochek anchorages | Wall Bay | Artemis tied shore, Lars, Mike S, Ginger and Dick APRIL 29, 2008 Hi all We had a nice hike yesterday out of Wall Bay near Gocek and met up with friends Dick and Ginger on Alchemy (American) and Banu on Denize II (Turkish/American)We had a nice lunch of different meze's (appetizers) back at Kapi Creek. Then we all went aboard Artemis over to Wall Bay where their boats were anchored. American friends Steve and Pam on Eirene had us all ov

October 31, 2007 Turkey | Kemer | Kemer Marina | Artemis Winter berth Turkey | Kemer | Park looking back at Kemer Marina Turkey | Kemer| Happy Halloween Turkey | Kemer | Kemer Marina | Navigator Restaurant terrace | Val and Bob Ouellette and Al I apologize for not writing sooner but I truly thought I had. Evidently the last log I wrote did not go through. I checked the website and found we had not even arrived here yet. We have been in Kemer, Turkey since Oct. 23 and our frie

Sun. Sept 30, 2007 We put two loads of laundry in and decided to finish cleaning the boat so our clothes will stay clean while drying. It takes over 2 hours for the machine to run it's cycle. We washed the dirt from that last meltemi in Siros off the rigging (as high as we could reach)and the canvas. Johan and Eva rented a car and invited us along to explore the island. Leros Island is a pretty green island with deeply indented coastline with huge gulfs, the "four seas" of

Greece | Ionian | Corfu Achilles Villa August 31, 2007 Hi, We had a nice day today. We are on the move again headed for the Corinthian Canal. No wind but we motored 25nm to a lovely anchorage off mainland Greece near the Gulf of Patras. Ormos Oxia We arrived around 1:00 and had lunch. Al decided to change the alternator belt. What a job. We ended up removing the alternator and grinding the mount so it would fit better. We thought the job about complete and Al lost the nut in