Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 1
This podcast is about sailing in the Mediterranean, the topics intended to be covered are from the perspective of either the cruising sailor, or the charter sailor. We will talk about charter basis, local knowledge related to specific geographical areas in the Mediterranean, interviews with professionals and fellow sailors and anything else that interests the … Read more
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 2, 2012 summer sail Croatia, Montenegro, Albania
Summer 2012 sail This is the first of several episodes that talk about my summer sail from Croatia to Turkey. This podcast covers Croatia Montenegro and Albania If you have some good sailing or travel stories to tell please contact me and I would enjoy conducting an interview via Skype you can reach me … Read more
Sailing in the Mediterranean Episode 3,Interview with sailor Andrew Vik
I conducted this interview with Andrew Vik . I am looking for other sailors to interview if you have any ideas please contact me! seedream@medsailor.com
Meltimi winds in Serifos, Greece July 23, 2012
The summer of 2012 was a very windy summer in the Aegean. I’ve made this comment on previous posts but I thought I would post a video I took when I was an anchorage on the island of Serifos Greece. Fortunate for me when I arrived at the mole the winds were light and there … Read more
My Abandon Ship Bag
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Report of 2012 Sail
Notes from the field It’s been a long time since I’ve made a post on this blog. My excuse is that I’ve been sailing. I left home on June 12 and just got back on August 13. This summer I sailed from Croatia to Montenegro down the coast of Albania and cleared into Greece in … Read more
Summer 2012 sailing plans include Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Greece and Turkey
This video is a description of my 2012 summer sailing plans which will include the countries of Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece and finally ending in Turkey. I also described some plans for future videos I will make and I talked about a Turkish Marina at Ayvalik. My blog is located at www.medsailor.com I’m going to … Read more
Description of my double anchoring technique
This is a description of the anchoring technique that I learned while writing out a meltimi me off Cape Sojunion in Greece. Is it technique using your main anchor and then behind it a light anchor. The light anchor has pure horizontal pull and therefore has very strong holding power and its holding power will … Read more
Why sail in the Mediterranean?
Friends always ask me when I am bringing my boat back to the USA. My response is probably never. I am glad to live in the USA for most of the year but I like the Med for a couple of months a year because it is not the USA. Not better but not worse … Read more