Essentially we had a dream when we first learnt how to sail, and now we have been
able to fulfill that dream and we have so much more to share with you about it right? Yes.
And then covid happened and then we obviously purchased Tucana in Australia but yeah this was our dream .
So let's make up for lost time let's finally sail The Med.
We have flown halfway around the world to Athens and two of our friends have done the same to join
us on this spur of the moment sailing adventure.
How are you doing?
You've already met Chris. Yep that's him. A thrill seeker who loves a laugh
enduro-xc champion who's represented Australia seven times.
I love winning and that's what makes me uh want to win.
Meanwhile. And he has a dog called Hank.
Also joining us is Rachel. She's a YouTuber has zero experience in a boat but you wouldn't know it.
Then that leaves John and I.
I'm the guarantor.
Welcome he's the skipper and together we're taking this beautiful 2018 Beneteau sense 51 out to explore the greek highlands
i got no tread on my shoes so i'm not going to go too close whoa oh my gosh
thanks to navigate yachting a global chart operator with a base here in athens
we should be very clear with you we've never sailed a boat ourselves overseas before so
Greece will be our very first taste outside of Australia so we are just currently getting
a bit of a run through on cascade um onto kana we never had the in-mast furling so we're just
getting a bit of run down on how to use it yep yep so you can use that and then you just wind it in
yep and then you can wind it up from there too yeah or this one or this one
yeah because this experience was so new to us we went for the navigate carefree
package which meant cascade was fully insured and there was no damage waiver
really excited for this opportunity the inside of cascade looks so beautiful there's a main cabin
at the bow and then there's another cabin just behind us and then another double bunk bed so
Chris and Rachel are going to have to fight about which which birth they're going to get
so this is how we're going to be doing our barbecue sessions very excited it's probably
our favorite area of the boat the only thing we had to do next was work out where we were going
with hundreds of islands to choose from we narrowed down our toys to the famous caclatas
so for those who don't know the kokatas is a group of islands made up of arguably the most
famous in all of greece think santorini mykonos paris and sifnos milos pollegos it's great place
it's very very beautiful very small island it's very cute it's amazing nice beach nice colors
what's the best way to find information about the anchorages hey use the navi
finally we had to fill up those fridges chris and i are in charge of provisioning
even though it had only been a couple of hours since our crew had all flown in from overseas
everyone was keen to get going but that was going to prove tricky from this spot
you see in greece we've noticed boats are parked up hard against each other
unlike australia where you have plenty of room so getting out of agios cosmas marina was going to be
tight so this time around we left it up to the navigator professionals
wow we have just got off the dock that was very different to how it is in australia
there was plenty of help which was amazing also we're now just
gonna say goodbye to our skipper who's helped us out of that little nook and we're gonna get going
with our veins full of adrenaline we depart into the open gnc in absolute
disbelief because one year ago we didn't really know how to sail i mean to this day
i still can't properly tie a bow line but hey dreams can come true even if you're not perfect
using the energy of the wind in our sails we're able to turn the engine off this is
what it's all about angry sailing upwind so we are on our way to the temple of poseidon
kicking jet lag where it hurts we're sailing 20 nautical miles over four hours to the temple of
poseidon which is the gateway to the caclitas we'll be anchoring off in the bay to the north
west of it so a massive thank you to navage for providing us with this beautiful boat her name
is cascade which was actually the name of my horse that i had growing up she's obviously a 51 footer
she's a beneteau uh so it's all really new to us obviously takana is a genome uh sun odyssey
50. so we're just learning the ropes on board literally and just working out how to use the
sails and what have you and the boys are doing an awesome job this first time we've used in
mass spurling and we're just trying to trim the mainsail oh that he looks awesome and i reckon we
just come down on the bang a bit hey or the main sheet even some of the coolest people we've ever
met have been sailors and chris is definitely one of them this is his dog who you've met
and this is his cat we met chris no word of a lie in the isle of a supermarket in airlie beach just
a few months back and he then obviously realized that we were provisioning and what did you say
so you guys loading up to go south and then we're literally chatting in the aisle of the supermarket
and we ended up hanging out with each other down the coast back to the reef and stuff
but chris was there with us during a storm like no other in the great barrier reef oh my gosh
we can't wait to share this upcoming episode with you after this trip i wake up from the sun
as we approach the temple of poseidon though as the summer sun begins to sink
deeper along the horizon john celebrates the milestone attempting a greek dance
so we are anchoring for the very first time we are currently in 12 meters
of water right now the temple of poseidon is just behind us the monument is almost two and
a half thousand years old dedicated to poseidon god of the sea in 440 bc
fishermen of ancient greece prayed to poseidon to keep them safe from storms and shipwrecks
we are not sure if we're going to head out there tonight because the guys have
just arrived from their overseas flight so they might want to chill out and relax
oh
wow what a sunset that is insane just gonna get a shot of beautiful sunset
and give you a bit of a feel of what it's like here tonight it's so
different to australia i can't even begin to tell you oh so beautiful
first night on the boat just made all the beds so yeah this is our room we have a lot
of stuff obviously i haven't made the bed that well um all my camera gear john's bag
um heap of wardrobe space as you can see and the best thing about i think this room are the windows
good morning we had a really roughly sleep last night uh but we survived this morning the guys
are at the back they're having a coffee while i'm still waking up john's just kicked me out of the
bathroom because the toilet skulls in my makeup out here somewhere this is disgusting look at
these wrinkles and creases have you seen an iron on board yeah do we have one i could do with one
two oh my god you two are like two peas in a pod hey there's no iron but there is a dishwasher this
is crazy to be on a boat isn't it like having a dishwasher on a boat all right good yeah let's
lure her in i also should explain how rachel and i met four years ago i moved to melbourne for a
news reporter role and on my very first day we went to an event just started chatting and then
here we are four years later yeah so we survived covert together which is pretty tough we weren't
able to leave our apartments um after 9 00 pm we had like a five kilometer radius we lived
within the five kilometers of each like our five kilometers overlapped actually yes i haven't seen
rach for like a year yeah because it's rache moved to canada and she's been living life
over there julia the last year if you think about the past two years things have certainly changed
a lot i mean who would have thought working from home or the stern of a boat would become a thing
laptop is currently sitting on the binoculars box while i was working away john and the crew were
hatching a plan i didn't worry that's your question does anyone know where we're going
one island we have our hearts set on is milos it hosts volcanic iconic cliffs and
luna-like beaches we have heard so much about it
but it's about 40 nautical miles away so we're going to break up this sail and we're going to
be heading to an island called kythnos first and on the way have a bit of fun
200 meters underneath us is very invigorating heaps of fun
but this is what vlog like looks like on board cascade there is gear everywhere
so we are just cruising in the med this morning we are sailing to an island called kifnos
we had some bacon and eggs this morning and the crew is just chilling out breakfast is served
our hungry crew is definitely not a happy crew so our fridges and cupboards are full to the brim
as we approached kithnos the towering cliffs hit the surprise beach hiding on the other side
and as we prepared to duck around the eastern bay
in a bid to seek protection overnight we first had to put away those sales
just making our way into the protected bay now
while the anchorage was actually fairly busy we managed to find a snug spot right next to
the beach and this gorgeous restaurant which had the most spectacular view
you look beautiful today right thank you for dinner do you think about the things we used to do
no you couldn't stand tall so why didn't you why didn't
so the guys are about to sail it's supposed to be a holiday it's 3
43 in the morning evening jocks are you around men's jocks
the night before the boys had discussed they were going to get up early so they
could sail to milos early in the morning what do you think about this ridiculous crazy thing
about waking up at four o'clock in the morning like this but us girls thought they were joking
why not we had a great sleep sleeping so well too that was deadly so off rachel and i went
back to sleep of course and to about an hour later we were woken by the smell of
coffee and chocolate breakfast champions honestly this is the best part about being an adult
but as they say early bird gets the worm and here in greece the most majestic sunrise
make some noise
if you're into cliff jumping milos is phenomenal as we soon discover it's
a volcanic island sitting on the southernmost part of the cacadas
and so has a stunning coastline and in some parts it resembles the moon there are 40 exotic beaches
here and we're tempted to stop at every single one of them short little break this video is
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