Following the volcano trail at the Aeolian islands north of Sicily. Our expectations were fully met, and Stromboli kept its promise!

Sliipping our mooring lines and continuing our journey towards the Canaries via the long, long way.

Antifouling, Prop Speed treatment and new anodes. Great lift out at the yard in Marina di Ragusa, Sicily

Live aboard during the winter in Marina di Ragusa and no rest for the wicked!

Winter in the Med with other liveaboards.

Choosing our winter live aboard in The Med: Greece, Turkey, Cyprus or Italy? The winner is: Sicily.

16 months on board, 4000 nautical miles, 9 countries and we still enjoy it!

I spent a large section of my life working on oil platforms and drilling rigs where on many evenings, almost too countless to number, we...

Adventures in Greece including engine starting problems and meeting great people who helped us out!

Having begun to develop an affinity with Odysseus by following his ancient voyage through the Straits of Messina we began to understand...

These are all a part of the variety of our daily adventures as we continue our sailing around the Sicilian coastline. You may think that...

The joy of anchoring with 25+ knots of wind

It is hard to believe that we started living onboard The Ocean Deva from the 8th July 2020 and now a year has already passed – we are...

Our first bay, just 3 hours away from Cagliari was a real pleasure for us. The water was a turquoise blue, 6 metres deep, crystal clear...

Cagliari, where the Mistral meets the Sirocco.

This leg of our journey was an important step for us – we planned a 7-day, 800 nm trip without any crew that had more experience than us,...

After our 1,002 nautical mile journey from Brest we arrived safely in Gibraltar and began enjoying the sunshine and warmth. We actually...

Leg 3; Cascais to Gibraltar Cascais turned out to be a lovely small town, upmarket satellite to Lisbon with back streets in the shade of...

Our first stop after Brest, 503 nautical miles later was Povoa de Varzim, a small marina and fishing port a little way down the...

Our first attempt to cross the Bay of Biscay was in October of last year. We had arrived in Camaret Sur Mer, just south of Brest and...