No Fires on Aegina

Thanks to everyone who has been in touch with us enquiring about whether we are all right.
We have been lucky enough not to have had any fires on Aegina. Like most of Greece we have pine covered mountains and so we are vulnerable like everywhere else. I posted a photo of the fires on Hydra [...]

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Talkin’ Like a Pirate

Ahoy, me hearties! Did you know that September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day?
We be celebratin’ this by talkin’ like pirates all day (or as much as we can) t’ raise funds for t’ Jubilee Sailin’ Trust.
If you be (un?) lucky enough t’ be sailin’ with us that week you’ll have been sent [...]

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King and Vieler families’ sailing holiday

On 4 August we welcomed Paul King and his sister, Lesley Vieler, with their families. Paul lives in England and Lesley in South Africa.
Their children are very close in age and get on famously, but had not seen each other for two years. There was great excitement when they all arrived and met up again [...]

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Late Season Offers

We are now fully booked until 23 September.
Here is our current availability and special offer prices on late season bookings:
     23 September – plenty of places – price now 800 euro / 550 UK pounds
     30 September – 2 places left – price 750 euro / 515 UK pounds – NOW FULL
     7 October – [...]

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Fire on Hydra

 
This dramatic picture was taken from our yachts as they sailed in the Hydra Channel. It shows the blaze that ungulfed the island during last month’s unprecedented hot weather.
The record temperatures and high winds were a lethal combination that led to large fires in many areas of Greece.

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Crew Photos from 22 July Courses

Here are some great photos of Ian and Suzanne, our instructors, with their students – Shukri (Chuck) Alfa, Georgina Lawrie, Valerie Krizan, Jon Papworth, Peter Clouting, and Ruth Bordoli.
There is also the first photograph we’ve had of Zotelot’s spinnaker – I must put it on our website.
Click on the thumbnails for a larger image. Thanks, [...]

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Crew Photos from 15 July Courses

Here are two nice photographs taken of our yachts returning from their courses to Aegina on Friday afternoon.

In the green corner, on Zotelot with Suzanne Bourke, are Pater and Gail Stanway from the UK, who sailed with Suzanne in New Zealand last year, and Tim Black and Aggeliki Christou from Switzerland.

And in the blue corner, on [...]

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A Church for Sailors?

Came across this the other day – I can’t remember where but if I do I will post a credit. I thought it was great.
We’ve got plenty of wind here at the moment but there are days …

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Crew with an International Flavour

One of the interesting things about our school is the wide range of nationalities and countries of residence that our students come from.
This picture shows the crew of Zotelot on our 5 May course. From left to right we have:
Issa-Ahmed Sidibe (from the Ivory Coast, now living in Switzerland), Jason Hickman (British, now living in [...]

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Our First RYA Powerboaters!

Our first powerboat students are busy in our RIB as they moor in the little harbour close to our home. They ahd almost finished their two-day RYA Powerboat Level II course.
I took the photo below as they sped towards the harbour entrance. You can see how nice and quiet the area is – perfect for novices to learn in.

.. and [...]

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