ARC2009

ARC2009
Finish Line

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

YOU CAN FOLLOW ALL OUT VOYAGES BY CLICKING THE PHOTO

Please click the picture of S/Y Armenistis or the address below, to see all our voyages:

2007 From Chania, Crete, Greece to Porto Cheli, Argolis, Greece


2008 From Porto Cheli, Argolis to Tourkolimano, Pireaus, Greece

2009 From Tourkolimano, Pireaus to Soussaki, Isthmia, Greece to Sicily, Tunis, Sardegnia, Menorca, Mallorca, Formentera, South Coast of Spain, Gibraltar.

2009 From Gibraltar to Mohammedia, Morocco

2009 From Mohammedia, Morocco to Las, Palmas, Gran Canary, Spain

2009 From Las Palmas to Santa Lucia , West Indies

2010 From Santa Lucia to Trinidad

Monday, February 23, 2009

Books on board and games

Books
We do a lot of reading and we plan to list them before starting the long voyage. There are also children's books on board.
List of nautical books:

1. Escales Mediterranee Guides Chagnon 2007
2. Bloc Marine Mediterranee 2007
2α. Pilote Cotier Marseilles Genes Praxys Marine
3. North Africa by Graham Hutt IMRAY
4. Costas del Soland Blanca by John Marchment IMRAY
5. The Atlantic Crossing Guide by Anne Hammick & Gavin McLaren RCC Pilotage Foundation
6. Leeward Islands by Chris Doyle
7. Windward Islands by Chris Doyle
8. Caribbean Passage making by Les Weatheritt
9. Venezuela and Bonaire by Chris Doyle
10. The Straits Sailing Handbook 2008 Gibraltar
11. Grenada to the Virgin Islands by Jacques Patueli IMRAY
12. A cruising Guide to Trinidad and Tobago by Stephen Pavlides
13. The Ship Captain’s
14. First Aid at Sea by Douglas Justins & Colin Berry
15. Heavy Weather Cruising by tom Cunliffe
16. Sailing an Atlantic Circuit by Alastair Buchan
17. Your First Atlantic Crossing by Les Weatheritt
18. Nautical Almanac 2009 Adlard Coles Portugal and the Azores
19. Οι Συνταγές της Κυρίας Μάγδας
20. Morrocco
21. Tunis
22. Sicily
24. Greece Sea Guides by Captain Nicholas Elias Volume s I, II, III
25. Adriatic Pilot IMRAY
26. Greek Watres Pilot Heikell IMRAY
Lots of other Sailing handbooks

Games
We have a number of various board games such as Monopoly and Trivial, Domino, Tic Tac To,backgammon and off course playcards.A lot of time is spent just socialising and exploring ashore. It is common practice to meet the neighbours in the ports we berth which most of the times is very enjoyable. Last August we met two couples from Chile on board a Oceanis 473 and exchanged ideas about sailing in Chile. Armenistis may not be the proper yacht for Chilean waters but remains a project after we cross the Atlantic.
Preparing the boat for a long offshore passage resembles the building of a house, the difference is that if something goes wrong after you start your voyage you have to fix it while at sea.....the plumber or the electrician are not coming on the spot.

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A Finot Group design by Beneteau
Océanis Clipper 473 was designed as a cruising boat specially for long voyage and easy to use.

The hull of Océanis 473 has the stability of shape, stability of progress and balance when heeling.
The draft is 2,10meters that gives very good performance to all points of sail.
All halyards and sheets return in the cockpit, operating and the controlling the boat very easily.
Living aboard is comfortable space wise with plenty of light and ventilation thru many portholes and hatches.
The great cockpit and the very clear foredeck allow a pleasant life on the deck.The twin steering station offers the helmsman very good visibility and space to move.