On 5 July, George Burton, who is my husband and our sailing school Principal, celebrated a major birthday.
He refuses to believe that he is now 60 and so held a 2 X 30 party at Vagia Beach instead. You can see him above with the amazing cake that was produced – thanks Nikki.
Among the guests [...]
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Photos from the Quilombo trip
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing, Staff & Other Animals on 1 August, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mike West, one of our guest instructors, recently helped to take Quilombo, a 50 foot ketch, parr of the way from Aegina to Devon.
Their journey took them through the Corinth Canal and across the Ionian.
They then made their way via Sicily, Ibiza, and the south coast of Spain, arriving in Almeria on 24 June.
On the journey Mike [...]
From Northern Spain to Ibiza on “Harmony”
Posted in Crew Club, Sailing, Staff & Other Animals on 26 July, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is George’s account of his recent trip on the yacht, Harmony.
“I had been asked to join the crew of Harmony, a Beneteau 50, to do a YM Prep for the owner, John Robinson.
John and his wife, Caroline, did their Day Skipper and Competent Crew course with us last year. This July John took a [...]
It’s a tough job being an instructor here …
Posted in Staff & Other Animals on 17 July, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
.. like the hat, Ian
Slaving over a hot stove
Posted in Staff & Other Animals on 17 July, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
George has the reputation for being the superchef on our team, but here Ian shows that he is also at home in the galley.
He tells me that the dish he is preparing above was ’fried bananas in chocolate sauce with Metaxa’. Yum.
Maybe we should produce an Aegean Sailing School cookbook?
Karen Robinson – Guest Instructor
Posted in Sailing, Staff & Other Animals on 9 June, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We are pleased to introduce Karen Robinson, who will be running some courses for us in 2007.
Karen has been sailing since she was 7 years old and is an RYA Commercial Yachtmaster and an RYA Cruising Instructor.
We have had our eye on her since she applied for a post with us after qualifying as an [...]
