Marine Chandlery

When the time comes to lay up Hindsight in the Konidaris boatyard at Nidri, Lefkas in the Ionian, once we are in the yard secure in our cradle, topsides and underwater surfaces washed one of the first jobs on the list is  to drop our Vulcan anchor and all the chain onto a pallet or similar. As I lower it to the ground the other member...

Some of you may well be aware that I am one of those strange folk that takes an early morning dip in the summer (when I am not in the Ionian) and a very weird person as I go ‘plunging‘ into the North Sea in the winter too, come rain, sleet or snow! It all started some seven or eight...

Strange but true, there are certain similarities between laying up a boat and a caravan for winter. Yes you don’t have to worry about winterising the engine in the van however there are a variety of jobs that should be done each fall that are common to both! Having just got back from the island of Lefkada in Greece (and...

Seems a long time since we departed Greece, especially as since returning we have both tested positive for Covid, which we think was ‘caught’ on the overnight Igoumenitsa to Ancona ferry. We had not been able to book a cabin and ended up attempting to sleep in aircraft style seats whilst directly in front of us an elderly man spent...

By the time you read this I should, all being well, be back on terra firma. That is, of course, if at port of entry, UK customs have not impounded me and my new acquisition. 'Tis a strange tale and it’s been a long journey (for the toilet) with two over night sea crossings and approximately one thousand three hundred road...