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Hello!! Awwww a month and daughter duo?! We're very excited to hear this!! Thanks so much for your comment and yes lots of dilemmas, even more this year.. but they do get easier as we learn :) Sending loads of positive vibes for your launch in September, not too much longer now!

Arghh it’s a nightmare! No easy answer. It is possible get visa and residencies, but it’s expensive, hurdles and complicated etc.! This season was filmed a couple of years ago.. we’ve sailed two years now on the 90/180 using some of tactics above.. in real-time we’re now leaving the Med (EU), because essentially we can’t be here! The boat (ironically) has more rights to be here than us!!

@@TheSailingNomads Look forward to seeing the season progress to get tips on how you manage it. All the best for the rest of the voyaging.

@TranquilityOfSolitude thanks so much! Feel free to message if you need any tips… we’re not experts by any stretch, but we know some stuff!

Thanks for watching 🥰👍🏼

Good to be back and thanks so much :) hope you're well and healthy too! xx

Great to be back :) thank you!! x

Aww thank you!

Aww thank you 🥰 nice to be missed!

Haha this made us chuckle! Well Covid happened and then we seemed to have a lot of work all of sudden! We were always sailing, but not editing (or at least not getting it finished!) Glad to be back too and thanks for your message - it always spurs us on 👍🏼

Yaaay! Haha thank you! It’s good to be back and thanks for your lovely comment!

Aww thank you! We’ve missed your comments!

Aww thank you!!! Lovely to see you too!!

Aww thank you! It’s nice to be back and your lovely comments have really given us a boost! Thank you!

Hey thanks so much for watching! Yes we were really surprised at this particular bay.. and still a long way to go.. but it looked better for it (even if only a little!) Greece is such a beautiful place though, with so many islands off the beaten track!

Ooooo mantus anchor was something we considered!! Our only fear is not being able to pull up manually if needed. Spinnaker pole is deffo a good idea thou, especially for further afield. Love the moodys too, we nearly went for one in Scotland.. but settled for a bit less room in the end to keep costs down! Thanks for watching though and fair winds to you!!

Oh we’re heading to U.K. this year to do some major projects (yes we know this means tax bill, but we still want to!) and then bigger time further afield we hope!! Just got to navigate orca alley!!

Hi Julie! Thanks for watching :) and how exciting for you! Mmmmmmm yes unfortunately this was one of the major outcomes of Brexit.. (ending free movement of people).. alas there is no getting round this, however, Aussies and now us Brits can do what’s called the “Schengen shuffle”, which essentially involves careful planning in and staying outside the Schengen area for 90days.. countries like Tunisia, Montenegro, Morocco etc. or further afield. Or you can apply for one of the (paperwork heavy and income dependent) visitor residency permits for one of the Schengen countries.. Greece, France and Portugal are some that we know of.. who seem to offer this! Really hope this helps and good luck 🤞🏼

Oh my goodness Cesine.. we read this is horror!! But really glad there was a happy ending!! "prop shaft fell out of the boat" will haunt us for a bit longer though! You guys are clearly made of strong stuff! Well done and hope it's firmly where it should be now!! Fair winds and good luck on the adventure :) xxx

Still not paid the bill!

Thanks for joining us! I suppose one way of looking at the Greek tax is that they can put it towards maintaining the beauty E.g. rubbish collection for cruisers, town quays etc. whether they will or not is of course another matter!

Sorry for slow reply! The silent tender is magic isn’t it! How do you charge yours? Just mains? Or do you have the solar/12V option too?

A rival was also on our maybe list!! Solid boats 👍🏼

Fair correction 👌🏼

It’s the Victoria 34 👌🏼🥰

We’re ok thanks!

Aw thank you! Pleased to report all are doing better and we hope to return to Caladh soon! Hope you’re well too!

Thanks so much Russ! Yes we have everything crossed, but not making firm plans yet... because who can?!! Haha hope you’re ok too and thanks for watching 👍🏻

Oh Stephen!! 🙊 awww! To be honest.. it’s worse when we see couples who are ON said yacht and one of them clearly hates it! Probably even more solo sailors who’s other halves have already done a runner... 🤦🏻‍♀️ There’s lots of people who need crew though? ☺️ xx

@@TheSailingNomads hi, yes, thanks for the reply, hope you have a good year sailing. The rest of us might actually be allowed out this year. I''ll probably get a dinghy and tie it to the back of my car, the wife can stay in the tent and read mills and boon 😒

Hi Paul, yes thankfully we went on a bit of a long and winding wild goose chase when we purchased Caladh, so are ok with the paperwork. We also got a T2L document, which has gained a nod from some of the ports we’ve visited 👍🏻 it’s a rubbish situation isn’t it, we’re currently planning our passage around 3-months in and 3-months out.. 🤪 xxx

Hiya :) we kept the turnbuckles, but replaced everything else. Is that what you meant? So the swaged terminals were the shrouds that hooks to the mast? Hope that makes sense! 👍🏻 thanks again xxx

I meant the part that goes above the turnbuckle, the screw/cable attachment part, I thought I had seen something else. The important thing is that you have new standing rigging, you should be good for another decade or two. I watched the episode again but could not spot the fitting, maybe it was the wine? On the plus side, I did get to see the harbor master's outfits again. ;-D Cheers!

Oh you’re sooo right! Kath has raced a lot (dinghies and yachts) and yes sadly shouting was very common! What is it they say though... anger is often a display of fear or sadness? The better helms know how to communicate with their crew, or even get to the point where they don’t need to speak that much at all... it becomes intuitive. The shouty helms lost good crew occasionally too. So in the long run respect always wins!! Thanks for watching :) xx

Hi Donald, thanks so much for your message and watching our antics! Gosh yes it’s hard isn’t it deciding what to ditch, keep or sell.. we found that there were quite a few phases of filtering! Some days we weren’t ready to let go of something, but then you sleep on it and it’s fine, you’re ready! It’s all the memories, gifts you’ve been given, items you’ve saved for the rainy day, or things that “just might be useful”!! etc. Good luck with it all, for what it’s worth it’s an extremely liberating feeling once done! We also became the worst gift givers afterwards, because we could no longer think of anything people could possibly need!! :) thanks again and all the best! Take care, Kath & T xx

Awww thanks guys! Yes was real bitter sweet, but new year and hopeful of an improvement 👍🏻🥰 lots of love to you too!! Xxx

Happy New Year Jo!! Yes we felt very lucky to get any at all tbh! Better luck this year.. yes spot on with Kalamata! Peloponnesus is stunning isn’t it, hopefully something closer to normality will resume soon! Stay safe you two too! Xxx

Hahaha it is extremely rare for us, so takes some getting used to!! Happy New Year to you too William, hope you’ve had a good first day and fingers crossed for the rest eh?! 👍🏻 xxx

Yes surely!!! :) lots of love and happy new year xx

Awww Sandy we can’t wait to hear more about your trip! We actually have some family in the Kirkness, so you won’t be far! It’ll be a beautiful sail and yes we can’t wait for the next splash! Thanks for your message and support as always! Happy New Year and fair winds xxx

Awww Happy New Year Anne!! Sending loads of love and gawd let’s hope for an improvement in 2021 eh?! Stay well too xxx

Oh wow, the great escape! What an exciting by plan!! Hallberg’s are just beautiful too.. if budget had allowed we might have considered one (don’t tell Caladh that thou!) haha how wonderful! Thanks so much for your comment though, we really appreciate it. If you have any random questions about anything do feel free to ask! Otherwise, yes we’ll keep an eye out for you for sure!! Good luck and keep in touch. All the best, KATH & T xxx

Thanks William! Merry Christmas to you too, we hope you had a lovely day :)

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Thanks William, you too! Xx

Aww thanks William 👍🏻 you’re awesome for watching ! Thank you!