Any other yachting widows?

Talbot said:
Reef early
Think things through thoroughly before doing them
Never be in a hurry
Never sail to a timeline, getting to the next port despite weather is a frequent cause of disaster.
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Thank you for the good advice. These were rules my husband and I always lived by, but thank you for reminding me. It cannot be said too often.
 
Good luck!
I am Pete's wife and we sail together in Greece and doing our second full summer there this year.
He has more experience than me but I am doing more handling of the boat and I want to learn as much as possible.
I am sure your confidence will grow on your own and the sailing community will look after you, it's so much more sociable than being home!
Enjoy! I will be following your blog... See you on the waves!
Debs
 
petesm65 said:
Good luck!
I am Pete's wife and we sail together in Greece and doing our second full summer there this year.
He has more experience than me but I am doing more handling of the boat and I want to learn as much as possible.
I am sure your confidence will grow on your own and the sailing community will look after you, it's so much more sociable than being home!
Enjoy! I will be following your blog... See you on the waves!
Debs
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Thank you Debs! You're quite right about the social aspect, the sailing community are more sociable and helpful than people surrounded by bricks and mortar. I'll be sailing around the Saronikas to start with. Look out for Aquarella with the Swedish flag (you might even have to get out of the way ;-)
 
The very best of luck. I found the worst bit was setting off for the first time singlehanded - but a 70 year old woman came in alone just as I was getting ready, so I took her lines and she cast off mine a little later. Seemed a good omen.

Setting off can still be daunting 20 years on - but no passage has ever been as bad as I've worried about. After that - well, arriving just take it slowly so if you bump someone it's not too painful.
 
Sidedrum said:
The very best of luck. I found the worst bit was setting off for the first time singlehanded - but a 70 year old woman came in alone just as I was getting ready, so I took her lines and she cast off mine a little later. Seemed a good omen.

Setting off can still be daunting 20 years on - but no passage has ever been as bad as I've worried about. After that - well, arriving just take it slowly so if you bump someone it's not too painful.
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Just bought two more fenders so now I have 12, plus a bow fender. I know it might look a bit amateurish but I don't care! Looks are not everything.
 
Aquarella said:
Thank you Debs! You're quite right about the social aspect, the sailing community are more sociable and helpful than people surrounded by bricks and mortar. I'll be sailing around the Saronikas to start with. Look out for Aquarella with the Swedish flag (you might even have to get out of the way ;-)
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Haha.... Will definitely look out for you, we will be in the Saronics this year...enjoy!
 
Hello Elizabeth,

I tried to put a post in reply on your blog but I don't have the necessary account to do so. I thought that we might be able to offer some assistance/guidance possibly as to why the anchor dragged if you gave us some more information about the type of anchor you are using and how much chain,rope was deployed and in what depth of water.

Pleased that you've "got back on the bike"

Robert
 
Robih said:
Hello Elizabeth,

I tried to put a post in reply on your blog but I don't have the necessary account to do so. I thought that we might be able to offer some assistance/guidance possibly as to why the anchor dragged if you gave us some more information about the type of anchor you are using and how much chain,rope was deployed and in what depth of water.



Pleased that you've "got back on the bike"

Robert
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Thanks! I have a brittany anchor , At that time I had 20 meters of chain in a depth of 4 meters. Now I've fed 40 meters out just in case. I think the problem was that the anchor was fouled with debris on the bottom,,it came up completely entangled with old fishing net.
 
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