32. ALL ALONE at Shipwreck Beach | Best beach in Greece? | Sailing to Zakynthos
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- This week on Kawai we sail in to Vathy on Ithaca where we shelter from the forecasted storms and strong winds. The forecast of storms is correct and we are hit with 50-60 knots for 25-30 minutes. During the mayhem Kawai is struck during the storm by another boat who had anchored too close. Fortunately we have fenders out and there is no damage to Kawai.
We leave Ithaca and sail towards Zakynthos. The sailing is hit and miss during the trip as we put the sails up and down constantly. The 40 nm trip is extremely picturesque. The west coast of Zakynthos has striking cliffs, large cave and green hilltops. During the sail Jase also catches a couple of tuna.
We reach Shipwreck beach at lunchtime and the bay is spectacular. The water is a perfect blue and amazing swimming conditions. We spend a couple of hours on Kawai, swimming, diving and taking in the scenery. We eventually take the tender ashore and are the last remaining people on the beach.
Unfortunately the swell picks up so we leave Ship wreck beach at 8pm and head for Keri in southern Zakynthos. We anchor at midnight and wake to a beautiful calm anchorage.
About us:
Our names are Jason and Tracey and we traded our house, cars, business, job and security for freedom, adventure, travel and living simply amongst nature and the seas on our 45 foot Hanse 445 sailing boat, Kawai.
We don't know exactly where the winds will take us at this stage but over the next year we hope to sail to Turkey, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia.
Jase loves making travel videos and we decided to upload to youtube to share our adventure. We really hope you enjoy and feel free to drop us a comment any time to chat or subscribe to follow along :)
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Jason and Tracey
Sailing Kawai
I’m a new subscriber. Love your thoughtful and wise approach to your sailing and your interesting and inviting descriptions of the places you visit. I look forward to many more videos. Go Australia! Chris MALKIN.
Hi Chris, thanks very much, appreciate the kind words :). Glad you are loving the video's. Are you from Australia?
Sailing Kawai. Yep. From Melbourne. I sail a 26’ Couta Boat our of the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club in Sorrento, south of Melbourne. Cheers, Chris
Awesome!
They really do a great job, we would love to share an anchorage with them!
Hopefully in the future :)
Wow what a beautiful video! Omg! I can not wait to sail our boat there. Absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it! The Greek Islands are truely beautiful!
So wonderful to follow your travels during a pandemic! I love your attitude towards releasing the younger fish you catch 👏
Thanks so much Yuliya, glad you enjoyed the videos and for the kind words :)
Shipwreck Bay is definately on my bucket list !
Well done working your way through that storm.
Thanks John, yeah she was a little crazy, worst storm we have encountered. Yes we loved shipwreck bay :)
Even with clothes, let's censor. Sorry, but I haven't seen him yet. I think you're a good couple and I like to sail. I follow several sailing couples, including two Brazilians. I am Brazilian and I see the difference in culture in the human body. You are in paradise, congratulations! good winds.
Thanks very much, yes we are in paradise, loving our sailing adventures, thanks for watching :)
Thanks for the explanation of what happened during the storm and your tactics. Very helpful. I gather you sustained no damage that needed repair. A good result, from good management. :-)
Hi and thanks for your message. Yes we were pretty lucky and managed no damage due to numerous fenders so all in all a good result :). Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!
so nice .... just finished watching now 32 videos.... cannot stop watching ...I live in Alanya Turkey and just started to learn sailing
Hi Hanneke, glad you are enjoying the videos :). You will love sailing! Hope all is well in Turkey, our boat Kawai is currently in Turkey, take care
Great video thank you for your hard work and I am so glad that both of you are safe and so is your yacht and that you survive the storm.
Thanks very much Peter! Yes it was a scary one for us but we learnt a lot. Thanks for watching as always :)
Well. Greece with it's 16.000 km of wonderful coastlines, so yes wonderful beaches and video's you have when you sail! But Greece has so much more. It's 80% mountains and breathtaking landscapes as a result and then the combination of coastlines, 32% forests, 6000 islands around the wonderful mainland, highest biodiversity in Europe, and so on Greece is a outdoor hiking/botanic/winter and mountain heaven. It's a shame that Greece is advertised for mostly it's incredible history and wonderful culture, exceptional food, a rough 25 islands and some parts of the mainland. But 95% of Greece is still fully unexplored for most tourists. And while this 95% hosts an incredible and spectacular beauty in so many ways.
Thanks for your message. Yes we love Greece but have barely scratched the surface. Unfortunately with our visas we can only ever spend 90 days every 180. We can't wait to get back and explore. Thanks for watching, take care
@@SailingKawai Thank you for your reply and thank you for the videos! It's a pleasure watching them
I just recently started watching your videos. I like your style and to share the awesome places you visit. Great stuff. Keep it coming.
Hi Thomas, thanks very much, glad you are enjoying the videos, we will keep posting our journey 😃⛵️. Thanks for watching 👍🏼
Hope you enjoy the video's guys and thanks for all the support! If you are new to our channel it would be great if you followed along and subscribed. Have a great week!
Cheers!!
:)
Beautiful colours 👍🏻
Thanks very much :)
Your my teacher omg
Enjoyed that - thanks! A fan of Lefkas and Vliho and Kioni... Fair winds! PS We suffered severe damange to our Bav 37 in the Hurricane/Tornedo 3 weeks after purchase (in Vliho) and still in Charter, not the best of starts, but at least we didn't lose a life like two others...
Hi David, glad you enjoyed it! Yes we love the area, had a great time and met so many lovely people. Sorry to hear about your boat, can't predict some weather events and like you said you and your family are safe. Best of luck for the future and thanks for watching
Hi guys, Alan from NZ, great to follow your travels, the Greek Islands have been my stomping ground for last 25 years as I have been skippering charter yachts mainly in the Aegean but have spent a lot of time out of Lefkas. Happy to pass on any little gems on your way back to Turkey .
Kind regards Alan Inglis.
Thanks Alan, it sure is a beautiful area and so much to see. Appreciate it, hope you enjoyed the video. Where are you currently?
What are your top 3 must sees on our way back to Turkey, we are in Plyos currently?
I live in NZ, now retired, my wife and I have a camper bus and travel a lot all round our beautiful country’s for my suggestions on places to see on your way back to Turkey, I assume you winter over in either Bodrum or Marmaris,
There are so many gems along the way, but Milos is worth a stop, hire a scooter and visit the moon rocks,of course Santorini is a must if you haven’t been there, the safest marina is on the south coast bit of a tricky entrance but sailing in the caldera with the spectacular cliffs is quite special, we normally rent a car and explore the Island especially Oia at the northern end. But my personal favourite Island is Symi over near Rhodos, the main harbour town of Symi is spectacular,at the southern end is a very large sheltered anchorage at Panormitis, the Monastery is a must see, another spectacular Monastery is on Amorgos if that is not too far out of your way best after leaving Santorini heading back to Turkey,
Lots of other little gems but you would need several years to explore them all, it has taken me many years and talking with locals to find all these hidden gems, my clients loved the fact that we went off the beaten track away from the cruise ships.
@@alaninglis1924 Sounds fantastic, something we wan't to do in the future :). We do plan to winter in Marmaris and agree with all your recommendations. We spent a month in Symi and loved it, rode out a few bad gusts in Panormitis. We have also visited Milos, however have not seen the Southern end which I hear is beautiful so will revisit. Can't wait to see more of the cyclades. Thanks again, enjoy your travels and keep in touch!
Wow glad it didn’t blow much stronger!!,
A heavier Mantis maybe?😉, don’t forget about anchor redundancy winch em in tight too!!, you’ll probably put fenders out when anybody within 100 yds now lol..
Awesome beach!!!, no Ouzo or bon 🔥🙁!!!!.....
You did play Love Caliber though!!!!!!..
Don’t forget to go into a town and try to dance a “hasapico” and break dishes!!!!!
Bon Chanc mates!!!
Hi Thomas, us too! Hahaha yes we will, we probably won't be seeing too many boats for a while now as we head around the Peloponesse so we have time to get over it :) Thanks for your advice! Argh damn, ouzo and bonfire would have been a great idea. Haha that song just felt right. Righto, we'll give it a shot! Chat soon mate
Nice video with cool drone footage 👍 Are you going to winter over somewhere or just keep moving and sailing.
Hey Andrew, thanks very much! Yes we are going to winter in Turkey, heading back to Australia to see family for Christmas. Can't do a second European winter hahaha.
My parents came form Newfoundland, they have a fisherman background and they had a saying keep the large fish and throw the small fish to live another day. Today the fish are smaller and harder to find and having smaller limits. The problem is the smaller the fish has smaller eggs this means the fish species is stunted growth and may never see there formal size. Today's ideas say throw back the bigger fish and keep the smaller ones. Tuna is a fish that hunts for other fish so it picks up toxins so the bigger the tuna gets the greater the risks so eat the smaller ones.
Hi Carl, thanks for the information. To be fair I only kept 2 fish in over 1 year haha. I was glad to release them, seems the Med needs to restock :). Thanks for your comment and hope you enjoyed the video!
Hello friends
Nice pictures, as always inspiring
This year our objective is to ferry boat to Cyprus
Next year we’ll plan excursions similar to yours
Ferry boat to Rhodos, then island hopping and staying a couple of days
We made Rhodos yesterday
Remains a good , solid boat
Happy to be on board
Congratulations! You have come along way very quickly :) Did you enjoy the corinth canal? We are in Kalamata, spending a couple of days here before starting our trip through the Cyclades. Glad all is going well! Chat soon
Corinth canal was unique experience
But really the stunner was Santorini
Sailing through the caldera
We went ashore to take the usual sunset pictures
And ran into the tourist crowd
Pure agony, could not stand it for an hour
Just appreciated once more the privilege of sailing on Leisure Time
Most of the time just bliss
Go where we want
When we want
Surely more fun to come
Yes sailing through the caldera was very special, hopefully you had great weather, we weren't so lucky :(. We had visited it previously on land and also experienced the crowds hahaha, still worth it! Like you said previously the view from the boat is usually breathtaking. Look forward to hearing what you get up to next year :)
We were lucky at Santorini
3 - 4 Bf on broad reach going there from Eos under 10 - 10 blue sky
We left early from Eos so were there in 2 hours
Upon entry we furled jib and left main
And motored through caldera
Took 2 hours to get through: impressive
Bit busy with cruise ships, tenders and tourist catamarans, not an issue
Then anchored in marina on South side
Acceptable but not real fun ( we ran aground in channel although only 1.85 m draft)
Since it was sandy, no issue getting out backwards
If you missed the nice weather on your previous passage with the boat
I would highly recommend you plan to do it again
It is a real stunner
Especially if you realise there are thousands of tourists enviously looking down on you
And you don’t have to compete with them for taxis or souvenirs
😀 ( just adds that little extra to the experience)👍
Chat with you later again
All the best
Be safe
Hahaha yes I agree, we live a very fortunate life to be able to do this daily. How are you finding the boat? Was it a charter or private when you purchased? Anything you haven't liked so far? Always interesting to hear :) Glad you had such a great experience, chat soon Jase and Trace
Now that I cannot fly back to Greece due to the lockdown, I travel virtually there through your lovely videos.
One question, what is the brand of Kawai?
Hi and thanks for watching! Glad you are enjoying the video's. We are also restricted from travelling so I understand the feeling hahaha. Kawai is a Hanse 445. Best of luck :)
We were there height of summer “ wall to wall tourist “
Hi again John, yes we were really lucky, arrived on the 14th of October so very few people. Did you atill enjoy it? How was the swell?
gorgeous tuna... we would have ate them... we had 91 knots but scarily survived... in halkidiki last year .. xxx
Yeah there was a few Tuna we could have kept :). Woahhhhh 91 knots, that's terrifying, were you on a boat? Glad you enjoyed the vids mate, thanks for watching!
@@SailingKawai Hiya yes we were in Neos Marmaras waiting for an engine part luckily only damage was some Bimini clips others were not so lucky.
Great video! What is the app you use for the map?
Thanks very much, the app is navionics :)
Great to follow your adventures. We are on 445 based in Lefkas. Intrigued to hear about you riding out the storm in Vathy - we found ourselves doing the same in July (only 30 knots though). Interested to know if Kawai sheers about excessively when at anchor in windy weather? Ours does.
Hi Max, glad you are enjoying the videos. We wish we could have captured more footage of the storm but we just weren't thinking about it haha. Vathy fortunately does have great holding which was a blessing :). Kawai does move about in strong winds! Hopefully run into you guys in the coming seasons.
Can you add side clears to your Bimini that would stop some cockpit wind & rain?
Hi Peter, no we don't, we do have shade protection that rolls out which does help, just didn't have time in the moment. It's a little see through, just not enough in that situation :)
We put battery jump start cables from the rigging into the water ? Still got hit by lightning twice. Wipe all electrics out!!
We have been really lucky, we have met so many people who have been struck :(. Where were you when you were struck? Also were you in a marina, at anchor or on passage?
Great vids, have you been to Skiathos yet?
Hi Ian, no we haven't, looks spectacular :). Would love to visit!
@@SailingKawai I'll keep watching, hoping you do x
How long was your Vathi to Navagio Bay leg? Looks like you had a decent reach on the way down? :) Any suggestions on where best to anchor in the bay? Looks rolly! How was the boulder situation? Surprised at the lack of chart data considering the popularity of this destination! Keri looks like the only decent anchorage nearby post visit but not much use in a Southerly + turtle nature reserve and Ag. Nikolaos looks a bit industrial? Did you have any other bolt holes planned in reserve? Doing the same passage this year with my better half so any pointers appreciated :) Fair Winds!
Hi Alex, how are you going? We spent 7 days from when we left Ithica to Navarino Bay. We spent 3 days in Zakythos and although we didn't have a specific plan if the winds came strong from the South, we could have stayed at the marina. We didn't have a particular time frame so could just check the weather forecast and leave when it looked like we had a good window. Usually the winds blow from the North during the summer months so Keri was a safe anchorage. You are required to Anchor a minimum 100m off Keri and had no problems with the boulders, however I would anchor in daylight as there are many in the area. At Shipwreck Bay we anchored pretty far out off the shore and tendered in. The bottom was sand and weed and unless you anchor pretty close you won't have any problems. We anchored in 13m and snorkelled to make sure she was locked in :). The bay was really rolly!!!! We also visited Olympia and the anchorage we stayed at was great on the way to Navarino. Do you have Navionics? It is really helpful when planning anchorages. If you have further specific questions, I am happy to help, just ask :) Chat soon
@@SailingKawai Thanks guys this is really useful. So how long did you spend at sea between Ithaca and Navario Bay? You said that you averaged 7kts? Yes I use Navionics in conjunction with a Raymarine CP & Paper charts as backup. Admiralty stuff seems out of date though for the Ionian so looks like its going to be an Imray job this summer... Will keep Keri in mind to shelter from the 'Maestro'! :) Fair winds! A.
I am also a new subscriber and love the videos - makes me wanna do the same , i am from Holland but presently living in Poland , you both have a great laidback and thoughtful approach and good sense of humor - keep it up :)
Thanks for subscribing :). Yes we love the sailing life, it is everything we want and i'm glad it shows we are having a great time. We have visited Holland and really enjoyed it! Thanks for getting in contact.
What on earth are you blurring out at 13:47?
We have lots of friends and family watching, so Trace's wet see through top felt a little awkward hahaha
@@SailingKawai I didn't realize - thought maybe it was a logo on her shirt. Thx!
No worries at all :)
Nice little clip, 29 people were persecuted? or prosecuted. LOL! ;)
Hahaha woops, glad you liked the video! :)
@@SailingKawai hehehe, I blame it on the beautiful location
Hahaha sounds good!
Very far from being the best beach ib Greece, not even in top 10. But most famous for sure
Maybe not the best beach, maybe iconic :). The cliffs and the color of the water are beautiful!
hope you mean they were prosecuted and not persecuted ;)
Hahaha whoops, yes prosecuted :)