If the weather and the team are good we sometimes go sailing with the whole group. During our last trip we noticed that the motor of the boat was making strange sounds and therefore decided to check if everything is okay. After we had realized that the propeller was broken […]
Sailing
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Summer is here! After a long and rainy winter, finally the sun came out again and we could finish the maintenance of the boat. We gave it a second coat of color, removed the pillars and also sandpapered and painted those areas. Other tasks were to put up the front […]
On Wednesday the 7th of November, we had a free day as the schools had elections. We used this opportunity to go to our sailing boat. As winter is coming and the weather is not that good anymore, the decision was made to get the boat out of the water. […]
From the 18th to the 25th of August 2018 the Aegean Regatta took place in the Aegean Sea. There were two categories of participants: ORC International and ORC Club, of which ORC International is the more competitive one.
While the sailing boat is in the water from spring to autumn, whenever we don’t use it it’s parked in the Chios Marina. This is where we also check if everything is alright, before we go for bigger excursions.
Even in October it is warm and sunny on Chios island, so still perfect weather for a sailing trip to our neighbor island Oinousses. Together with our organization all of us volunteers sailed to the beautiful place, that most of us hadn’t seen before. During the trip everybody could improve […]
Our first time in the City of Chios, our first night on a sailing boat, our first sailing experience… This weekend has been really adventurous. We arrived at the port of Chios City with our sleeping bags, bread, a melon and many expectations. But we still had to wait, our […]
The day before one of the biggest Sailing races of Chios in July 2011 we went to the sailing boat of the project, to prepare it for the next day. We put out all the unnecessary stuff and fixed the sails. On the next day we packed all the things […]
The Aegean Regatta is one of the biggest annual sailing races in Greece and takes place in August. During one week there are several sailing races from island to island in different parts of the Aegean sea which vary every year. Usually around 100 boats participate in different categories containing […]
During the winter season the organisation’s sailing boat is kept in a harbour in the North of the island, outside of the water. There, we have the possibility to maintain the boat and to prepare it for the coming sailing season, which lasts usually from spring to autumn. The first […]
Last Sunday, our boss took us to a little sailing trip. Now that our project has bigger dimensions and we are eight volunteers, three of us live and work in Katarraktis. Since Friday they spent their weekend with us in Vrontados. To get back to Katarraktis Dimitris usually drives them […]