Great series of videos. Teaches us non-sailors a lot. Like your trips ashore using short snapshots of the locations to give us a taste of the places without boring us. Being a technical guy, we like Richard's technical info. Enjoy and keep going - we'll keep watching.
Hi, I have just found your channel it’s one of those dreams I wanted to do. The scenery is fantastic. Look forward to seeing more places. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thanks for another great video. I like the orange spinnaker too! Also enjoy Richard’s calming instructions on what he is doing. Enjoy the Greek Islands.
When you return to Ortigia make sure you visit Fratelli Burgio at the northern end of the market. It was one of the early slow food movement delis. Not inexpensive but a place you can find the very best of sician produce. I especially recommend you stock up on caponata, preserved tomato paste and preserved tuna. They also have the best bottarga.
Its such a shame you didn't get to spend time in Ortigia. It was one of the most beautiful town sin the Med. When you return if you can spend a couple of nights. It has a wonderful fresh market in the mornings (not Sundays) and the whole town has incredible architecture. The main square is just a delight to sit in - better than the seaside restaurant strip/tourist traps near the Fountain of Arethusa, but the Fountain itself is interesting.
@@sailinghelios2023 It may be too late in the season when you return but the enoteca (deli) Fratelli Burgio has a great open air jazz night on fridays.
@@sailinghelios2023 I did 10 summers cruising the central and eastern Mediterranean. I liked places that were away from mass tourism. If you want some suggestions I have plenty of favourites.
Thanks Simon. It is not easy to get deliveries. We have used Amazon and UPS drop locations quite often and normally work well. In Syracuse one of my parcels was at a UPS drop location whereas the one that got turned around was Amazon. We have also asked local businesses if we can use their address. We got a big delivery of Coppercoat to a cafe in Malta. We stayed in the bay a couple of weeks and visted the cafe a few times. Marinas will also recieve parcels for you. This is a good option as long as they turn up on time as staying in a marina is expensive. I'm looking forward to when we can use a drone delivery service linked to our AIS them my address will be SV Helios, Earth:) Regards Richard and Jude
How do you get packages delivered and collect them to places you don't 'live' at, but are just visiting on passage. What are the mechanics of it, the top tips?
It’s tricky! We keep a list of things to buy and manage them at the same time. We check out delivery options for each as that tells us how long for delivery (so we know when to order) and delivery options. Some want an address. Some will accept delivery points like UPS/DHL/delivery points - they are shops or business that take deliveries. They are the best. We never use parcel lockers as they only hold for 2-3 days. If we aren’t using one of those delivery points (not available for what we are ordering or none in the town) we have some other options. Ask at the post office. In France they take deliveries and hold for two weeks. In Greece they told us they’d do that, but actually turned the parcel away. We enquired and they said they only take ‘postal’ packages - what’s in their system, not couriers but of course we don’t know how something is going to be transported 🤷♀️. So watch that. In that case, we had to get a taxi to the couriers distribution centre. Best option is to have a place that will accept it for you. We’ve used a cafe that we’d been frequenting, the agent who checked us in to Greece, and marinas. We have some stuff to get now and have decided to send to a marina where we have to go for some boat work anyway. We call in advance and they’ve agreed to hold them for us. It’s tricky! When I go home i take small carry-on only and bring a big suitcase back!
when you head to Greece, Kefalonia's main harbour is very safe and well provisioned, but Fiskardo in the far north and Ithaca are more beautiful in my opinion. Also if you get one of those rare days with no wind from the north/west Shipwreck Bay on Zakinthos is magical to overnight. The tourists only come for a few hours in teh middle of the day but it is untenable most afternoons because of the sea breeze.
GM this is William. So enjoy your videos. Easy listening and calming In a rush rush life. I look forward each day to see you both. You both Know your stuff abt sailing. Thanks for sharing your time and experience with us. I must say I love the great body and bikinis. 😉🔥 ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thanks! That’s so kind of you to say so. I (Jude) don’t know much at all! I know how to do as I’m told and that’s a pretty important attribute of crew. We have stepped away from our careers and found peace and tranquility on the water. I’m glad you can enjoy that too. Jude.
@ How funny Jude, I too am one at times needs To do as I’m told in order to play the part as a great crew member. You are amazing, look amazing and Richard is a most lucky man to have you by his side. Enjoying life is key and you both do that well. Stay safe and rest often dear. Hello to the Mr. Love ya William
Watching you put that sail up, it occurred to me, that life jacket must have been designed by a man.. Surely there must be a more practical solution for female sailors?
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Great series of videos. Teaches us non-sailors a lot. Like your trips ashore using short snapshots of the locations to give us a taste of the places without boring us. Being a technical guy, we like Richard's technical info. Enjoy and keep going - we'll keep watching.
That’s so good to hear! Thanks for the feedback. We will certainly keep them coming 😊
Hi, I have just found your channel it’s one of those dreams I wanted to do. The scenery is fantastic. Look forward to seeing more places. Thank you for sharing your experience.
So glad you are enjoying the channel. We certainly feel like we are living the dream and are happy to share it with you. Regards Jude and Richard
Thanks for another great video. I like the orange spinnaker too! Also enjoy Richard’s calming instructions on what he is doing. Enjoy the Greek Islands.
Thanks Adrian. Hopefully we will see you in Malta later in the year.
Spot on with the spinnaker colour, fantastic!
Thank you
Lovely.
Thank you
Love the orange spinnaker!
Thank you! I’m so glad we got a single colour and the orange changes to beautiful shades as the sun goes through it. 💕 Jude
Gday,,, we just found you legends, watched 1 episode and absolutely luvd it great work👍
Awwh shucks! 💕🥰. That’s so nice! Thanks for saying so. You’ve made my day. Jude
12:05 I'm all for orange as well. Like a permanent sunrise... sunset...
Thanks. When the sun comes through the spinnaker is colours the whole boat orange
When you return to Ortigia make sure you visit Fratelli Burgio at the northern end of the market. It was one of the early slow food movement delis. Not inexpensive but a place you can find the very best of sician produce. I especially recommend you stock up on caponata, preserved tomato paste and preserved tuna. They also have the best bottarga.
Thanks. We are looking forward to spending some time here on our way back in Autumn.
Its such a shame you didn't get to spend time in Ortigia. It was one of the most beautiful town sin the Med. When you return if you can spend a couple of nights. It has a wonderful fresh market in the mornings (not Sundays) and the whole town has incredible architecture. The main square is just a delight to sit in - better than the seaside restaurant strip/tourist traps near the Fountain of Arethusa, but the Fountain itself is interesting.
Thanks for the info on places to see. Please let us know if you have any more recommendations. I think we will be spending a few days here.
@@sailinghelios2023 It may be too late in the season when you return but the enoteca (deli) Fratelli Burgio has a great open air jazz night on fridays.
@@sailinghelios2023 I did 10 summers cruising the central and eastern Mediterranean. I liked places that were away from mass tourism. If you want some suggestions I have plenty of favourites.
That would be most appreciated. We do like to go to the less popular places that we find very charming and relaxing
Would really like to know how you get parcels delivered to next port when you are cruising. Love your channel.
Thanks Simon. It is not easy to get deliveries. We have used Amazon and UPS drop locations quite often and normally work well. In Syracuse one of my parcels was at a UPS drop location whereas the one that got turned around was Amazon. We have also asked local businesses if we can use their address. We got a big delivery of Coppercoat to a cafe in Malta. We stayed in the bay a couple of weeks and visted the cafe a few times. Marinas will also recieve parcels for you. This is a good option as long as they turn up on time as staying in a marina is expensive. I'm looking forward to when we can use a drone delivery service linked to our AIS them my address will be SV Helios, Earth:) Regards Richard and Jude
8:04 this is where the video gets interesting !!
S02E08 Completed: How frustrating that must have been, parcel returned. xx❤️💙⛵️
relate to the lo-cal beer moment!!
How do you get packages delivered and collect them to places you don't 'live' at, but are just visiting on passage. What are the mechanics of it, the top tips?
It’s tricky! We keep a list of things to buy and manage them at the same time. We check out delivery options for each as that tells us how long for delivery (so we know when to order) and delivery options. Some want an address. Some will accept delivery points like UPS/DHL/delivery points - they are shops or business that take deliveries. They are the best. We never use parcel lockers as they only hold for 2-3 days. If we aren’t using one of those delivery points (not available for what we are ordering or none in the town) we have some other options. Ask at the post office. In France they take deliveries and hold for two weeks. In Greece they told us they’d do that, but actually turned the parcel away. We enquired and they said they only take ‘postal’ packages - what’s in their system, not couriers but of course we don’t know how something is going to be transported 🤷♀️. So watch that. In that case, we had to get a taxi to the couriers distribution centre.
Best option is to have a place that will accept it for you. We’ve used a cafe that we’d been frequenting, the agent who checked us in to Greece, and marinas. We have some stuff to get now and have decided to send to a marina where we have to go for some boat work anyway. We call in advance and they’ve agreed to hold them for us. It’s tricky! When I go home i take small carry-on only and bring a big suitcase back!
when you head to Greece, Kefalonia's main harbour is very safe and well provisioned, but Fiskardo in the far north and Ithaca are more beautiful in my opinion. Also if you get one of those rare days with no wind from the north/west Shipwreck Bay on Zakinthos is magical to overnight. The tourists only come for a few hours in teh middle of the day but it is untenable most afternoons because of the sea breeze.
Thank you, we will add to our list
😍😍😍😍😍
I hope this is not a bad omen, we re playing Holland later . 😬
Good luck, hope it went ok
Looks like it was all ok in the end. Good luck for the final
@@sailinghelios2023 😅, fingers crossed !! 😁
🇹🇷🇹🇷👍👍
Thank you
GM this is William. So enjoy your videos. Easy listening and calming
In a rush rush life. I look forward each day to see you both. You both
Know your stuff abt sailing. Thanks for sharing your time and
experience with us. I must say I love the great body and bikinis. 😉🔥
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Thanks! That’s so kind of you to say so. I (Jude) don’t know much at all! I know how to do as I’m told and that’s a pretty important attribute of crew. We have stepped away from our careers and found peace and tranquility on the water. I’m glad you can enjoy that too.
Jude.
@ How funny Jude, I too am one at times needs
To do as I’m told in order to play the part as a great crew member.
You are amazing, look amazing and Richard is a most lucky man to
have you by his side. Enjoying life is key and you both do that well.
Stay safe and rest often dear. Hello to the Mr. Love ya William
She forgot bikini
Wearing what is necessary
Watching you put that sail up, it occurred to me, that life jacket must have been designed by a man.. Surely there must be a more practical solution for female sailors?
I know right?! If anyone knows of a more accommodating life vest for the well-endowed lady I’d love to hear about it.
Now thats how you raise a sail..loll
Yes, great first mate
😊
Bellissima.Peccato per il giubbotto .
Grazie. Canale Vimeo in arrivo a breve
@@sailinghelios2023 sarà un piacere da godere. Sempre sperando che non ci siano giubbotti e costume