Oceanis 37 - IASON

We will sail a Beneteau OCEANIS 37,
11,47 x 3,91m.

Boat's name = IASON,
Blue-Cup-Racenumber = 1.

Starting this Saturday, 30th october, we will update this blog daily
with LIVE reports & pictures from the Blue Cup-Regatta in Greece.

Enjoy,
Koen

Program BLUE CUP 2010

Saturday 30/10
Embarkation and check-in.

Sunday 31/10
Free sailing to Palea Epidavros: 30 NM
19:00: Skippers’ meeting at Verdelis Inn
20:00: Singing Contest & Traditional Greek dinner offered by V.Y. at Verdelis Inn.

Monday 01/11
1st Leg: Palea Epidavros – Methana: 18,25 NM
10:00: Start of the race
20:00: Skippers’ meeting and the prizes of the day will be awarded at Municipality of Methana.

Tuesday 02/11
2nd Leg: Methana –Poros: 10,80 NM
09:00: Start of the race,
20:00: Skippers’ meeting and the prizes of the day will be awarded at Syngros Building

Wednesday 03/11
3rd Leg: Poros – Soupia: 11,00 NM.
09:00: Start of the race
4th Leg: Soupia – Ermioni: 11,65 NM.
20:00: Skippers’ meeting and the prizes of the day will be awarded at Ganosis Taverna

Thursday 04/11
5th Leg: Ermioni – Porto Heli: 19,00 NM
09:00: Start of the race
20:00: Costum Contest & the prizes of the day will be awarded followed by the Closing Ceremony and the Grand Prize Giving at the Cosmos Hotel. Dinner will be offered by V.Y.

Friday 05/11 - Saturday 06/11 - Sunday 07/11
Free sailing & Check-out in Alimos Marina

More Info : VERNICOS YACHTS

Again, movie Blue Cup 2009 (we were yacht nr.12)

Our Dolphin-video from 2 weeks ago

31-05-2010 Meganissi - Preveza

Wind : 1-3 Bf WNW
Weather : sunny, few clouds 26C

Today is our last sailingday.
First we anchored in a bay on Skorpios, Onassis'private island, for a swim.
In the afternoon we sailed through the Lefkas-canal, the floating bridge opens every hour on the hour.
Afterwards we had a nice sail towards Preveza, an ideal ending of our sailingtrip.
At 1730 we moored in the Cleopatra-Marina in Aktio.
At night we had a delicious Greek diner at Panos'taverna in Aktio.

Yassas from Hellas,
Fabienne, Eddy, Diane, Koerel, Sandy, Freddy & Skipp Koen.

30-05-2010 Meganissi - Lefkas

Wind : variable 0-1 Bf
Weather : cloudy, hot 27C

Today we went to Nidri on Lefkas, there was no wind and no sun, but it was hot.
Nidri is an unatractive touristtown. Here we did a nice walk (4km) to the waterfalls in Rachi, impressive !
Afterwards we left Nidri again, and went back to Meganissi.
We now are moored on the new Karnagio-quay in Vathi on Meganissi.

Grtz,
Asteria's crew

29-05-2010 Kalamos - Meganissi

Wind : 1-2 Bf W
Weather : sunny with a few clouds 27C

Today we sailed from Kalamos to Meganissi, there wasn't much wind, so part of the trip we did under motor.
Btw it's getting hotter everyday, summer is here !
We anchored in beautifull Port Atheni-bay, on Meganissi. We had an afternoon of swimming and diving of the boat.
In the evening we walked to the taverna at back of the bay, nice Greek-food.

Grtz,
Koen & co

28-05-2010 Ithaka - Kalamos

Wind : 2 Bf SE, decreasing to no wind in the afternoon.
Weather : Morning cloudy / afternoon sunny 27C

Because there were no mopeds for rent in Frikes we decided to move on.
We started with a nice sharp reach on sail, but after an hour the wind died down so we had to go on under motor.
About halfway a school of dolphins joined us for a few minutes, magical !
First we anchored in the bay of Port Leone, a deserted village, on Kalamos. The water was ideal for a swim.
At 1700 we sailed on the town of Kalamos, were George greeted us at the townquay. In the evening we had a nice meal in Georges'Taverna.

Yassas,
Koen & crew

27-05-2010 Lefkas - Ithaka

Wind : 3-4 Bf WSW
Weather : sunny 26C

At noon we left Sivota, after filling up our watertanks.
After a short sail towards Ithaka we first tried to moor in Kioni, but the harbour was full, there was a flottila which occupied the quay (at 1400).
So we sailed on to Frikes, a few miles to the North.
There was space enough on the new quay, so we anchored stern to.
The wash of the ferries is not so much of a problem anymore in this harbour.

Grtz from Ithaka,
Asterias'crew

26-05-2010 Anti Paxos - Lefkas

Wind : at night : no wind / afternoon : 3Bf W
Weather : sunny 25C

At night we had a long trip under motor, there was no wind. At 700 we anhored in a bay south of Fiscardo in Kefalonia. Most of us had a short sleep untill 1100.
When we entered the harbour of Fiscardo at 1300 there was no space left, the new pontoon was out of use. So we decided to sail to Lefkas.
We had a nice afternoon of sailing in the sun, halfway there a big seaturtle swam aside our yacht.
At 1600 we moored on the quay in Sivota, a small fishingvillage in Lefkas. Sivota is meetingplace for yachties and home to a few chartercompanies.
Btw we managed to repair a defect in our watersystem.

Grtz from Sivota,
Koen and the gang

25-05-2010 Paxos - Anti Paxos

Wind : 3 Bf WNW (afternoon)
Weather : sunny 25C

Today we made the small trip over to Anti Paxos, only 4 miles.
We anchored in "Emerald bay", also known as the Greek Caribean !
This is one of the most beautifull bays in Greece, we had a day of relaxing and swimming.
This night we will start the long trip to Kefalonia.

Yassas,
Asterias'crew

24-05-2010 Paxos

Wind : 1 Bf variable
Weather : sunny, few clouds, 25C

After a pleasant night of Ouzo & Mythos, some of us took a refreshing swim in the sea this morning.
Today we had short trip from Lakka to Gaios on Paxos. Because there was no wind we had to motor the entire trip.
At 1300 we arrived in Gaios, this is one of the most charming harbours in Ionian. But it's popular, so in the evening the harbour is loaded with yachts.
We explored the island on foot in the afternoon, it was an 5 hours during adventurious walk !

Kalinichta from Paxos,
Koen & the crew

23-05-2010 Preveza - Paxos

Wind : 1-3 Bf WNW
Weather : sunny, few clouds, 22C

Today we checked in the boat at the new marina Cleopatra in Aktio, near Preveza. It's a nice and quiet marina with new facilities.
At 1100 we started our trip. For most of the time we had a nice sail with a sharp reach. At 1900 we dropped anchor in the bay of Lakka on Paxos. Altough it's not high season yet, there are already many yachts anchored here.
At night we had a nice greek diner in a local taverna.

Grtz from Paxos,
Asterias' crew

Tommorow we're starting our sailingtrip.

Our startingharbour is the Cleopatra Marina in Aktio near Preveza.

We'll be chartering a Sun Odyssey 43 "ASTERIA" with Argolis Yacht.

When you want to see what the weather is like, you can check out the Live-Webcam in PARGA.

Check out this blog daily for updates & pictures live from the Ionian islands.

Enjoy,

Koen

IONIAN islands 22 may - 1 june 2010

Hey,

From 22th may untill 1st june you can follow our sailingtrip through the Ionian islands,

our startingpoint will be the Cleopatra Marina in Aktio, Preveza.

We will update our blog daily with reports & pictures.

Enjoy,

Koen

Video Blue Cup 2009 (we were yacht nr.12)

07-11-2009 Aegina - Marina Kalamaki Athens

Wind : 4 Bf SE
Weather : sunny with a few clouds 21 C

It was a nice last sailingday, we had sharp reach in the Athens-direction. In about 3 hrs we reached the Kalamaki Marina.
The Vernicos-people made a quick checkout of the boat, everything was ok.
Tommorowmorning we'll be flying home... So that was it for the Blue Cup 2009 ... A nice experience.

Grtz,
Koen and the crew

06-11-2009 Poros - Aegina

Wind : 3-4 Bf S
Weather : sunny 22 C

First day of free sailing, btw we ended 16th in our class.
We had a nice broad reach to Moni, an island were we anchored for an afternoon swim etc.
For the evening we moored in the harbour of Aegina.
Tommorow is our last sailing day ...
Grtz from Greece,
Kaldera's crew

05-11-2009 Ermioni - Poros

Wind : 0-1 Bf
Weather : sunny 25 C

Today there was no wind, so the race was suspended.
Instead the crews did a dinghyrace at Mandraki in Hydra, it was a lot of fun.
During our journey we also held a waterballoonfight between the yachts, fun fun fun...
Now we're in Poros, tonight we have a closingparty with a priceceremony.

Grtz,
Koen & Kaldera crew

04-11-2009 Ermioni

Wind : 3-4 Bf
Weather : sunny 20 C

Finally it was sunny and warm !
With did 2 triangurlar races between Dhokos & Ermioni today, it was nice matchracing.
Unfortunately our boat is rather a charterboat then a racer, so it's not possible to compeet for the prices for us :-(
Today we arrived 16th in our class.
Btw the sea is still pretty warm, so swimming is no problem.

Grtz,
Skipp

03-11-2009 Poros - Ermioni

Wind : 5-8 Bf
Weather : overcast rain

It was very windy today, we had a sharp reach with winds to 8 Bf, along with some heavy rainshowers, it was working day.
We ended 14th in our class.
At night we had a Vernicos-diner with a small party with
all the crews ...

Grtz,
Koen & crew

02-11-2009 Epidavros - Poros

Wind : 0-1 BF
Weather : Mostly sunny 15 C

First racing day, unfortunately nearly no wind. The start with 45 yachts was spectaclurar.
It was rather a day of floating around than sailing.
At 1700h at least half of the fleet didn't get to the finish in time. So no points for today.
We had to motor to Poros in the dark, under a full moon.
Hopefully we have better wind tommorow.

Kalispera from Poros,
Kaldera's crew

01-11-2009 Athens - P.Epidavros

Wind : 4-6 Bf NNE
Weather : cloudy 13 C
Today we had to sail to Epidavros, were the race will start tommorow.
We had a very nice sail, but it was cold. At this moment al the 50 yachts are mooring in the small harbour of Palea Epidavros, unbelievable we are packed in the 3rd row, and there are more boats packed in front of us !
This evening it's the welcome diner, it's gonna be fun with all the different nationalities.

Grtz from Greece,
Kaldera's crew