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Hi Jeff! So good to hear from you! We are having a great time, but we definitely do miss our old house and the neighborhood... and the neighbors, of course! Hope you guys are all doing well!

@@sailingokaliptus All is well - I’ll send an email since I have swiped most of my social media.

It's amazing to see how far we've come since this episode was filmed over a year ago. I am so behind on publishing.... this youtube vlogging thing is a lot harder than I imagined. There's just not enough hours in the day.

A lot goes into video productions, I dont have the patience. Ive been playing with opencpn, not that I need it, its kind interesting.

Thanks for the compliment! It means a lot because we have come a long way since we made these videos. ;) Hopefully you will notice the difference in future episodes. We got lots of complaints about filming with our phones vertically and about the music being too loud and we've since worked on both. :)

Omg the olive trees were beyond beautiful! It was a very nice stop on our journey north.

That’s exactly how I feel! ;)

Glad it was helpful! Congratulations!!!! Hoping some of our other videos help as well! You will love your Catalina!

Glad you enjoyed it! I hate hearing the sound of my own voice, so it’s like nails on a chalkboard, but Dono won’t narrate. lol

@@sailingokaliptus Your voice is pleasent to listen to. Did a good job.

@olivei2484 you are always so kind! Our favorite and most loyal viewer! Xo

@@sailingokaliptus Thank you. Im not sure if you have rewatched your old videos, but you have come along way from circles in hilton head SC.

@olivei2484 ha ha yeah, it’s been absolutely nuts! We’ve learned soooo much!

I think so!

Thanks! So good to hear from you!

@@olivei2484 thanks! The marineros were a great help!

Same… we lost a bunch before we figured it all out… ugh

Thanks! The marineros were very good at helping, thank God! ;)

Oh my gosh, we cannot remember and we've sold this boat since this video was made. Do you belong to the Catalina 22 facebook group? You may want to put the question in there and I am sure you will get a response. Cheers ~

Hi, thanks for your comment. Our intent is definitely not to offend anyone with our music choice. We use a music website that provides royalty free music for digital creators and I search for music to use in our videos based on a few different factors, but not necessarily based on where the composer, artist or musical style is from. The 1st piece on this video was under the genre of "world music" and the second piece was selected because of the title relating to dancing peacocks, which are displayed in our video. I completely understand where you are coming from though, and we will do better in the future.

Those birds were fantastic and the noise they made was pretty incredible... Zoë was definitely wishing she could see... ;)

Omg if only there was a way to be able to do that! :)

Yalikavak was absolutely beautiful!

When I uploaded the short I asked TH-cam to give me some popular Greek music and picked this one out. Fun tune, no?

@@sailingokaliptus Yeah! gonna have to shazam it and see if I can find it. Popular club music I guess.

Yeah, it’s been a busy month and I really wanted to get ahead with a few videos in the can to put out during our haul out, but I just can’t seem to find enough time in the day to get everything done. Speaking of getting hurt, Dono broke his little toe a few days ago hitting someone’s pasarelle as he walked down the pontoon… he’s just an accident waiting to happen. ;)

Hi! On this particular episode with our back stay we got great info from “Stingy Sailor” and Jim’s Little Boat”. We also had great info from the Catalina 22 Facebook group. Thanks for watching!!!

Oh that’s fantastic to hear! Please come back and let us know how it goes.

They were very nice towns and I’m sure they’re so much nicer as they wake up a bit more and start opening up stuff.

Thank you! Cheers!

Oh my God, it was crazy! We've come a long way since that storm!

@@sailingokaliptus I not sure if you follow Sailing Emerald Steel but they have a great story of enduring a storm at anchor in Hawaii. It was number of years ago. And some in San Diego too.

I’ll look them up. Curious to see if/how they overcame the terrifying feeling…

@@sailingokaliptus Real approachable people, that would be a good discussion for the channels.

It’s been a fab anchorage. We came to this same spot last fall before going into our winter berth in Preveza.

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll look it up and put it on our save list. We are about to go on to a pontoon for a few days to install our new solar arch and panels, so we will be crazy busy for a few days, but I'm so excited to finally be getting them!

Hi! This website has a pretty cool write up on the history of the island. www.arkadaslik-yachting.com/destinations/gemiler-island.html#:~:text=The%20History%20of%20Gemiler%20Island&text=Legend%20indicates%20that%20early%20Christians,the%20needs%20of%20passing%20ships.

@@sailingokaliptus Yeah! Thanks! I didn't know St Nickolas was patron saint of Sailors. Hmm. Great read.

@@olivei2484 I didn’t either until we visited the island!

Marmaris was an amazing city. We loved our stay there.

Oh yes it does! We’re scheduled for May and getting copper coat.

@@sailingokaliptus Success with coppercoat relies entirely on competence in following manufacturers instructions to the letter - hope you have a proven contractor - or doing it yourself.👍

@normanboyes4983 definitely going strictly by manufacturers instructions!

We put them on once in a while if the boat is jerking lot.

Yeah, note to self, use drone to look for spots before we tie back! 😝 He got that shirt when we worked some wild fires in the area a few years before leaving our jobs and becoming full time live aboards. :)

I would not suggest that. ;)

Glad it was helpful! Happy to hear it!

Thanks! I had a good time making the graphics.... but it took me for ever!!!!

@@sailingokaliptus I bet! Nice job again.

It’s a magical town! 💕

Thank you so much!!!

It really is! We would love to go back and see a lot more places we missed out on....

No, no, no… thank YOU for watching! :)

Oh wow, I would love to help you out, but the parasail and pulley are all folded up and put away in the back of our bow locker awaiting spring time when we begin our upcoming sailing season. Once we can access it, I can send you photos.

Hmmm there's thousands of those, no? lol

@@sailingokaliptus only one that Thomas planted. He put the Rod or staff in the ground there. It cleansed the man-eaters. It will he handed back to Christ when he returns. I think Elijah will come uproot it and it will be restored to it's original form

I had forgotten just how amazingly beautiful it is. :) Did you have a good birthday?

Hi! Are you talking about taking turns on watch to make sure we don’t drift? We didn’t practice, but we did learn about it during our ASA classes and while sailing with our friend Anthony.

@@sailingokaliptus Yes. Since where you are anchored and the weather seems ok, just was wondering if you thought to practice maintaining watches. Do you keep your AIS on? I guess in the popular crusing season, there would be more boat traffic to worry about.

Hi again! Have you seen Sailing Holly Blue? They have kids and home school and sail all around Greece.

Also, Sailing Project Atticus is a great one and they have a one year old baby.

@@sailingokaliptus No, but will def look them up now. Sometimes I say no, and then my other half says he knows the channel though! Thanks for the recommendation.

@@suzilewiz you most likely know this but Sailing Lavagabonde is the most famous one… we watched them since the very first episode like 6-7 years ago… or more. They’ve had their highs and lows depending on the boat they were in and their life situation, so lots of folks out there either love them or hate them…. But I’d say overall, they are pretty entertaining and we’ve enjoyed their channel. They have 2 little boys.

Oh and Holly blue was just posting about an online schooling program they seem to really like. I need to find it…

Thanks! Istanbul is an incredible place to visit. We’ve been there twice now and would love to go back.