Summary – Paul’s alternative Greek Odyssey

Departed from Gouvia Marina, Corfu, Greece - 4^th August 2009

Arrived back at Gouvia Marina, Corfu, Greece – 27th September 2010

Total duration 420 days

Voyage started when the Skipper was 58

Voyage ended on the Skipper’s 60^th Birthday

The yacht – Peejay - built 2003 by Jeanneau – model Sun Odyssey 45.2

Total Miles Sailed 13,027

90 nights spent at sea.

107 nights swinging on anchor

22 nights on mooring buoys

201 nights in marinas (many of these were when the crew returned to the UK for holidays and Peejay was left unattended)

13 National boundaries – Greece, Italy, Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Antigua, France, Dutch Antilles, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda

38 Islands – Corfu, Vulcano, Sicily, Menorca, Formentera, Porto Santo, Madeira, Desertas Grande, Selvagem Grande, Gran Canaria, St Lucia, Bequia, Union Island, Petit St Vincent, Petit St Martinique, Palm Island,  Baradal Island, Petit Bateau, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Terre-de-Haut, Barbuda, Nevis, St Kitts, St Maarten, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Tortola, Bermuda, Horta, Espalmador, Ibiza, Mallorca, Cabrera, Favignana, Lefkas

8 people took part in the ocean crossings

My thanks to them all - without them the skipper would not have realised this dream

Our guests were:

Maddy Herbert – 477 miles from Corfu to Sicily (3 nights at sea)

Chris and David Oates – 295 miles each from Portugal to Spain including battling past the infamous Tarifa Point (2 nights at sea)

Lynne and Ian Parkin – 234 miles each in Antigua, St Kitts and Nevis

Louise and Helen Thornley – 159 miles each in Antigua and Barbuda

Anne and John Ball – 18 miles each in Antigua

Thanks guys for some brilliant help and generating lots of laughs along the way

And finally thanks to Wolfie in Corfu – who helped prepare the boat so brilliantly. There’s a few repair jobs and a few more beers waiting for you my friend.