And just like that it’s time to leave! The winter is slowly creeping in, and the weather is becoming more challenging. With storms and squalls passing over the coast of Turkey, we do not have the best conditions ahead to sail to Crete. However, our 90 day visa is up, there is no way around, and...
2022-08-26 00:37:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Shortly before my birthday we sailed towards the Cyclades in Greece to avoid the harsh northerly Meltemi winds. Luckily we JUST made it into the anchorage at Kithnos before weather conditions became too severe and med-mooring manoeuvres would become pretty challenging.
The Meltemi win...
2022-08-23 16:56:51 +0000 UTC View Post
A HOLE IN OUR BOAT and A GHOST TOWN is what we experience this week on SV CUBA! Besides all things sailing as a live aboard you have to consider how to comfortably live on a boat, especially in the winter. We woke up to snow in the mountains and our diesel heater is still not installed. So we tac...
2022-08-21 20:26:38 +0000 UTC View Post
The fear of dragging anchor at night is definitively one of the downsides of living on the hook. Disoriented and not knowing if you are dragging into other boat or rocks in the pitch black is quite scary. 😕⚓Who likes this stuff? Sailors I guess.
2022-08-19 19:10:17 +0000 UTC View Post
One thunderstorm after another.
2022-08-17 22:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
An island with no inhabitants with a cave where we can swim at 3AM sounds terrifying no?
2022-08-11 12:24:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Our sailing around the world expedition and full time travel is taking us from Marmaris to Göcek in Turkey in this week’s episode of sailing SV CUBA.
Living on a Sailboat is never easy. We still have no heating on board and winter is coming so we finally manage to sail to Marmaris to pic...
2022-08-11 01:25:10 +0000 UTC View Post
A day in a sailing nomad’s life! We are in Turkey and indulge in all that the country has to offer. Sailing the coast of Turkey from Bodrum to Datca we try Goat Ice cream and spend an hour looking for pizza (one of our traditions is to grab pizza after a long day’s sail). And because we are h...
2022-08-04 00:02:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Are you afraid of the dark? This week on Sailing SV CUBA we explore a cave at night, enjoy sauna like hot springs in the dark, we eat our way through all the oriental food we can find on the streets of Bodrum and we experience what a Turkish Bazaar is like in the 21st century.
In this episo...
2022-07-28 13:19:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A place frozen in time with many interesting things to discover, the mines have been built more than 60 years ago.
2022-07-27 15:07:42 +0000 UTC View Post
We found our OWN PRIVATE ISLAND including HOT SPRINGS! Enrique has been promising me to go to the hot springs for days but there was always something more important that need been done. Sailboats need maintenance and we spent most of our time in Turkey looking for boat parts.
Now it’s fin...
2022-07-21 02:16:51 +0000 UTC View Post
We are racing at more than 8 KNOTS! SV CUBA has made it to Turkey but we are not stopping now as our sailing adventure takes us around the many beautiful peninsulas. We are trying to find an anchorage before it gets dark and tuck into a small bay close to Bodrum.
The next morning, we are me...
2022-07-13 21:54:33 +0000 UTC View Post
We Are THE WORST Sailors ever! :D In this week’s Episode we sail to Turkey from Greece. SV CUBA is anchored in the beautiful town of Lindos. But for our American crew Shyah it is time to say goodbye to the life at sea and return to cold Boston.
Shyah has left SV CUBA and the next da...
2022-07-08 22:32:43 +0000 UTC View Post
We only have 9 days left! Our Visa is running out and we have to make it to Rhodes before the harsh northern Meltemi wind hits! Can we make it?
We lift the anchor in Santorini and sail to Rhodes to the east because in less than 10 days we have to leave the EU. The Meltemi winds are notoriou...
2022-06-30 00:01:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we are sailing into a life volcano! Come with us this week to one of the most beautiful islands in Greece. We are getting ready to anchor but anchoring in a volcano caldera is not that easy.
Just as we arrive to the island the wind increases and we are having a marvellous sail int...
2022-06-22 12:37:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Join us this week on SV CUBA as we go on the hunt and manage to get something impressive on our boathook. We are visiting the abandoned mines in Milos and get to explore the strange lunar landscapes on the island.
We are currently in Greece and sail from Sifnos to Milos to explore the mines...
2022-06-16 00:00:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Join us in this week’s episode, as we leave the island of Kythnos in Greece and attempt to sail to Mykonos. But the wind keeps changing and therefore our sailing route changes.
With the Meltemi winds blowing we try to anchor in Sifnos and are chased out of the way by a massive ferry getti...
2022-06-09 01:15:38 +0000 UTC View Post
You promised hot springs and now we been downgraded to this! ☹
2022-06-01 22:32:31 +0000 UTC View Post
In this week’s episode of SV CUBA, we are sailing the Cyclades in our Beneteau Oceanis 461 Clipper and end up mooring in the Greek island of Kythnos, where we realized the anchorage is packed with charter boats. My birthday did not turn out as planned but we were happy to make it before the Mel...
2022-06-01 20:57:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Jump on board SV CUBA as we leave Cape Maleas, where we had an amazing freediving experience at the Captain Ismail wreck and flew over the 3 million-year-old petrified forest.
This week we set off for our sail to Athens, Europe’s oldest capital. What started as a dream sail, just sailing ...
2022-05-25 16:18:17 +0000 UTC View Post
We sail around the world! Join us this week as we leave our anchorage in Kalamata, Greece. All of Europe is in a severe heatwave and it is almost impossible to explore the land on foot. So instead, we decide to catch some of the slightly fresher wind and sail to Athens. At least it feels a little...
2022-05-18 22:10:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Tag along as the temperatures rise and the crew decides to ditch SV CUBA for the day to escape the heat. We are on the hunt for a special place in Kalamaris, home to wetland creatures and amphibians. We are still sailing Greece and have now arrived and anchored in Pylos, and today we prepare ours...
2022-05-10 23:03:31 +0000 UTC View Post
We wake up at famous Shipwreck Beach Zakynthos in this week’s episode of SV CUBA, but now we are no longer alone. The popular beach is once again crowded with holidaymakers. So, we use the day to do some video editing, finally fix the fridge fan, and plan where to sail next. The wind is predict...
2022-05-05 02:14:44 +0000 UTC View Post
We are THE ONLY ONES here! We sail to famous Shipwreck Beach aka Navagio Beach or Smugglers Cove and find that we are the only sailboat around. As we drag the dinghy up the beach, we are indeed all alone, at this amazing spot in Zakynthos or Zante.
Many tourists travel from far and wide to ...
2022-04-25 20:16:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Tag along in this weeks’ expedition of SV CUBA to discover a hidden gem on the outskirts of Sami in Kefalonia with us. Since SV CUBA is securely anchored in the bay of Karavomilos the crew makes their way from the mesmerizing Melissani Cave. We follow a tip from a local that there is another ca...
2022-04-20 20:41:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on Sailing SV CUBA homes in a new chapter! We are now a real international sailing crew and new sailing adventures are on the horizon. But on a sailboat, not everything can be planned ahead, and just as we set sail towards Zakynthos, a strange burning smell wakes us up in the middle of ...
2022-04-12 21:02:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh no! Our tanks are completely dry! Hop onboard SV CUBA this week and see how we manage to get those tanks filled again and follow us as we set sail to pick up our new crew from the USA!
Yepp, on a boat, eventually you run out of water. Unless you have a water-maker of course. But unfortun...
2022-04-07 00:42:29 +0000 UTC View Post
This time on sailing SV CUBA, we escape the heat and dive into the crystal-clear waters around Spartia Beach in Kefalonia, get sporty on our paddleboards, and find a mysterious, uninhabited island.
It’s early morning and already over 36 degrees Celsius, the water around our sailboat looks...
2022-03-30 22:49:26 +0000 UTC View Post
What happens in this week’s episode? I get a nasty sting when we just wanted to take some time to enjoy the beach after a few days heading into the wind and we do an unusual “stern to cave” mooring instead of the more common med mooring.
We are sailing SV CUBA from Lefkada to Ke...
2022-03-24 03:53:44 +0000 UTC View Post