Author: svdrakkar

Filling in the back issue from the end of Sep. We had been looking forward to having Nana and Aunty Kathleen on board since we left New Zealand so it was wonderful when they arrived. Nana was her usual naughty self and came loaded with far too many presents… After a busy 3 week tour … Continue reading Stop, Nana Time!

There is a new way to stalk, I mean follow along in our adventure. Our Iridium Go tracking is now running as we head out into the big blue. See this link for our tracking page   https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Drakkar It is also a new tab on our blog, Where Are We?   https://svdrakkar.com/where-are-we?   Our AIS position continues to … Continue reading New Satelite Tracking

Time to go way back in time to update the blog. Sitting here next to Gibraltar in Late Nov my tan is fading as I have two jerseys on and a beanie on inside the cabin while the rain and wind play games outside the boat… Brrr! Hope that weather window opens soon so we … Continue reading Skipping to the Balearics

Please excuse the intermission in our regular broadcasts. After a delay getting lifted out we spend 28 days disappearing down the rabbit hole in the boat yard cumulating in a 2am finish before launch day... Boat looks pretty under the silly time early morning flood lights. Looks done in this shot but does not show … Continue reading Intermission

The crossing from Corfu to Sicily continued to be adventuresome after the lightning storm chase… The kids were enjoying watching the big waves on the blasting beam reach the next afternoon when the waves decided to join them in the cockpit… One wave was so keen to greet them it washed Boston right off the … Continue reading Sicilian Adventures

Our friend Lia arrived in the anchorage off Gaios and was great to catch up. So good to see a lady so happy captaining her own boat and trip. Unfortunately she had engine troubles after a recommended electrician installed a bigger alternator. I managed to get the engine running again with a short term fix … Continue reading Greece Lightning

In the air brushed social media life our trip looks like this. Stunning sunrise over the Albanian mountains as we head to Greece.   The real life scene also looks like this. On a timeline again we motorsail the 40 hour run down to Greece to meet our friends. Nice to be using the cheap Montenegro diesel … Continue reading To Greece and don’t spare the diesel!

Oops, I missed an entire episode of Dubrovnik for the Game Of Throners amongst you so here is the back issue. To make up for the sad goodbye to the parents and before we left Croatia we spent a day exploring the world heritage old city of Dubrovnik. No wonder they filmed the Game Of Thrones … Continue reading The Missing Thronophile

We finally met our first fellow Kiwi boat in Europe as we arrived to check out at Cavtat, Croatia! The elusive kiwi has been very hard to find in Europe and took us 5 months to spot the first one. Was hard to miss Graham and Mike with the huge black Loyal flag flying. On … Continue reading Making friends in Montenegro

It was great to have the parents on board and hear the tales of their Scottish adventure. After a day recuperating in Cavtat we started heading north. Here we are passing the old walled city of Dubrovnik cameras at the ready.   A quick pit stop to top up with diesel was a good excuse … Continue reading Meet the Parents, Part 2