Thanks to all of you who attended our first Dinghy Day of the new season. Welcome to new members and returning ones, as well as all the regular helpers who without them we would never function. We all know who…
Why did you join the CBYA? The opportunity to learn to sail nice yachts! Yes please? My waypoints to the CBYA included canoeing, Enterprises, Junks, windsurfers, metal assault boats, RIBs, and a lifetime passion for scuba diving. What was a…
Preparations for the return journey were made in Corfu, including a couple of repairs. Crew member Victor Ubeda scaled the mast as the head of the mainsail leach had folded over and jammed in the furling mechanism. Unfortunately it wasn’t…
TrickyD has now sailed all the way from Malta via Siracusa (Sicily), across the Ionian Sea, to the Greek island of Lefkas, where we visited Sivota, Meganisi, Spartahora, Nidri, and Lefkas Town. We then made our way to Corfu via…
If you enjoyed reading about the sailing Pardeys, the story of Professor Martin Creamer should also interest you. No GPS for him, not even a sextant; the sun and the stars did nicely. He was the first recorded person to…
