Arrived in Athens and got onto the yacht at about 10 pm. Another pleasant journey courtesy of One Railway (or wahtever it is they call themselves these days) and EasyJet :-/. Spent the first couple of days going over and sorting out the boat ready to deliver it the 3,000 nm to ...

Two days later they are back and refit the serviced injectors and fuel pump. A quick 20 minute sea trial and the engine appears to be okay. We moor inside the Corinth yacht Harbour and prepare to leave the yacht. Claire, Dave and myself have been on the yacht for 15 days and ...

An engineer is sourced from Athens and comes to the yacht. He quickly diagnoses the problems as: - water in the diesel. - possible problem with the injectors. - HP fuel pump. Here's the engine running at 1900 rpm: Him, and his oppo, empty the fuel tank and there is no evidence of water in the ...

Well, to cut a long story short and without getting too graphic, the 'reaming' I had from the port authorities here would have been a tad better had I gone equipped with a large jar of vaseline!! I was always under the impression that assistance for ships in an emergency situation ...

1.3 nm SW of the canal is the Corinth Marina. Headsail out, engine on and we head towards the marina. Manage to moor safely in the main harbour the fun starts. As the yacht was orignally owned by a Greek (now it has a Finnish flag) I was told by the Port Police ...

One problem after another...each time getting worse. The stern gland was properly repaired this time by the previous owner George. We then headed off at 0800 the next morning (5th) and motored all the way to the east end of the Corinth Canal. Tied up, paid the canal transit fee and then, ...

Managed to get an 'engineer' yesterday who came to the yacht and 'fixed' the leak from the stern gland. Everything seemed fine, no water coming in when stationary, engine on in neutral or when on and in gear, so all up at 0515, cup of coffee and slipped from Marina Delta ...

We left Alimos marina shortly after 12 o'clock to try and make the Corinth Canal before nightfall. Two hours out of Alimos and a check of the engine bay showed lots of water in it again - too much! The impeller is running fine but this time the leak is from the ...

Fly out of Gatwick on Friday afternoon to join the yacht for delivery to Kiel, Germany. This one will be a fairly long trip taking around about a month. Weather's grim at the moment but I hope it'll improve in the Eastern Med by the end of the weekend. I have two experienced ...

Still waiting to hear about a possible transat from La Rochelle to Fort Lauderdale I receive an email about a possibility of another delivery from Athens to Kiel, Germany :D