S/V Aphrodite

According to legend we have been following many portions of Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, as we sail through this area of the world.   The Ionian Islands are frequently mentioned in The Odyssey.  Ithaca is generally accepted as the homeland of Odysseus, to which he was returning after the Trojan War.  Other areas sited in the [...]

Aphrodite is currently in the body of water which separates Mainland Greece and the Northern Peloponnesus and, via the Corinth Canal, now connects the Aegean Sea with the Ionian Sea.  In nautical terms it is the Gulf of Patras, the western portion to the Corinth Canal, and the Gulf of Corinth being the eastern portion.   [...]

“How can we be off course if we don’t have a destination?”
That’s our motto today. We are going where the wind takes us, heading west toward the northern Peloponnesus which is a large target, and easy enough to hit with just about any wind angle. The last few weeks have provided us with some [...]

We have been leaving this island for 5 days now, and yet here we sit, still anchored in this tiny harbor on the tiny Greek island of Kastellorizo, just a hop skip and a swim off the Turkish coast.  We stopped here only by accident really, it was late in the day and we did [...]