We're about to get rained on
I'm glad you woke up Elayna. I felt the air go cold. We're gonna get these mattresses inside
Oh Man
(laughter) Oh my God!
Someone is angry. Not kidding. There is hail right now
We pretty much spent the entire morning making sure we weren't dragging anchor; us and the neighbors
There were a fair few other boats that morning who did have to reset themselves
We are both so tired
And you just can't relax, like, I think the storms passed, but even still it's really rocky and we're worried that the anchor is dragging
that boat next door..
The fender is like squashing against the concrete
Last time you were with us
We arrived here to the Great Island of Catalonia where we tied off to the town key
Luckily we were in one of the most protected natural harbours when the storm hit this morning
Our journey getting here was a fun one. We crossed the Ionian Sea
And got to visit the incredible shipwreck beach at an island south of here
Which is a massive highlight of our Mediterranean trip so far
The weather cleared up and this morning I was off for a run
It was going to be a day full of adventure - scooter riding around the island
because of his what?
Because of his bad haircut
It was Jack's last day with us
And he really wanted to see as much of the island as you could so that meant zipping around on a scooter
We were pumped. we headed east to check out a cave
Alright, so whats the story with your hair Riley?
Nah, It'll be fine Riles
It looks terrible Elayna
Once you get some salt water in it, it'll go curly
It just looks like he's 15 again, 15 with a thick moe!
naww
They tell me in a week it will be okay again.
very devo
Everywhere you go
apart from the odd really really remote destination on your boat has got tourists
railing and carpet
I would swim the s*%t out of that
Can't believe you can't swim in it
You could swim there...
Unfortunately you can't swim here. The only way to see the cave is by boat
So this is the Melissani Cave, the maximum depth is 39 meters
It's a 160 meters long and 40 meters wide but stalactites date back to 16,000 to 20,000 years ago
Melissani has been the site of several excavations
Which have brought to light a number of finds most of them from the third and fourth century BC
a number of female figures have also been found the famous Nymphs, cool we'll read up on the nymphs. Hey
Bit more info on those later
I love nymphs. yea?
Melissani Cave
supposedly named after the nymph, Melissani of Greek mythology
she was in love with the god Pan who paid her no attention so she
Reportedly ended her life and threw herself into the lake below
very sad, very sad
What about the nymphs?
She is the nymph Melissani. And they haven't found her? She's in there somewhere. It's a myth!
[laughter]
The excavations that you were talking about yes, they found some stuff in there that they're excavating
That they dated back, and they're trying to add credence to the myth. ok.
That was a relevant question
Next on our list was Mythos Beach,  one of the beaches used in Captain Corelli's Mandolin which was filmed right here in Catalonia
Well I'm too afraid to say it on camera, but it's a trimaran
Now I think it's a Corsair, and I've been looking at it, and it looks like the carbon racing version
But it could be a dragonfly or it could be a few other different name trimarans
It looks fun!
I like this its fun, he got one right here
So apparently the milkiness that you see in the water that bright blue milky deliciousness is from the lime stone washing into the water
Let's go for a swim
We had to cut our trip short, Jack was late for the airport. Jack's late for the airport
Dude im so late
oh s**t, I don't think he made it
Too much fun on scooters today
He's worse than I am
What? what have you done? what is it not for another hour-or-so?
Like 3 hours
Its not for 3 hours
Alright take number 2
Yeah we're probably late now
[laughter] You reckon?!
All right well it's Jack's last few minutes
In the presence of Riley and I
so much has happened in three years crazy
yea its been crazy
all right, so
Jack taught me quite a few little things like, sail trim and reversing in, and different little stuff like that
thats handy
That he's learnt over the years different sorts of stuff. That's been good, um where to from here mate?
Yeah, so I'm gonna go to the BVI's (British Virgin Islands)
And yeah teach sailing for a bit over there just on my RYA cruising instructor in England
So yeah go and put that to use in the BVI's and then
And yeah, I don't know.
But what would be the dream job?
Whats ya goal?
I wouldn't say no to a
Like a 60-foot gunboat or something
lets go 80
80 foot gunboat
Skipper at 80 foot gunboat, that'd be amazing
nah, 80 or 90 foot Swan or something like that
Yeah wouldn't say no
If there's any boat owners out there, Jack will be available. mr. And mrs. Chevron or BHP, he's a lot of fun..
until next time
Cheers guys
Like my haircut?
It looks better now its had a bit of wind and water in it
perfect.
Thankyou, we had such a good time
so good
hug time for the boys
[laughter]
so cute
The previous day we were invited on board proxima vida
a four five five Dufour owned by Steven from New Zealand, and this is his dad Kiwi, these guys had quite an interesting story
And they were happy to share it with us
Kiwi was over to help Steven sail, until an accident happened whilst he was being hoisted up the mast by another crew member
Tomorrow he would be flying back to Australia, sadly this was the end of his trip.
so I've got me two new best mates here
Stephen and kiwi. pulled up next to them a couple of days ago. We've had a few beers
Nah um it's a reasonably similar story to mine,
Well, it is and it isn't but I won't I won't go on i'll ask Stephen so
How long ago did you buy this boat mate?
Probably four months ago.
four months ago?
the plan is to..?
Sail back to New Zealand
how long did it take you to save up?
I've wanted to do this for probably seven years. Working on a mine for about the last three years.
okay very similar to myself. Oh, yeah
Just saved
Then got outta there
Banked it? yeah nice
Good move
Stevie was really focused on what he wanted to achieve
and get out of there as quick as he could, and he's done it
bingo.
You sound very proud, Kiwi
correct
Good onya mate.
What were you looking for when you were researching boats?
Did you have any clue about sailing before you bought the boat
I've sailed when I was younger yeah, and I sort of knew what I wanted
I needed something with some good size so I could store heaps and stuff yeah, I wanted at least three to four cabins mm-hmm
Fridge freezer
It's a pretty nice - its a very very nice boat to start out in.
It's a good. It's a good layout
And it sails reasonably quick. Yeah, and it motors fast as well. It motors really well
Okay, so tell us a bit about that key. Where you you were explaining it to me last night. It's pretty
Pretty hectic. Well. It's just the lazy Jack line broke at the top of the mast mm-hmm
so I went up there to redo it and
Coming down there was just a bit of miscommunication
I was sitting in the bosun's chair and the spinnaker line, was using that as a safety line
Yeah, I fell about a metre probably ay?
No, It was just going tight
I was releasing it and the other one wasn't getting released yeah, and it's what was cut into my chest
Yeah, I was ok, I felt it fine but then Stevie and
I went into town to pick up some stainless steel
But that happened twice. yeah twice coming down  it was pulling tight like the safety line wasn't getting released and yeah
It was pulling tight
So I was hanging - I wasn't sitting in the Bosun's chair. He was on the safety line
oh man
and
he's like "oi, oi"
[laughter]
And you we're saying? sorry to laugh
you were saying last night
You were saying that uh you sort of felt you felt a little bit off and
you were saying Steven, "oh are you right mate?"
and you were like "yeah nah im alright"
Then it got a bit worse.
We went into the hardware store to pick up the stainless steel for the solar panels
and we were in the hardware store and look
I just felt a bit sweaty, and hot, and he says, "do you need to sit down I said no no
I'm all right", and then I started to get a little bit, you know bit tight in the chest and in the side, and I said "yeah
I think I will sit down", and then he says "do you think I should get an ambulance?" and I said, "nah
im ok ill just sit down and I'll be right" you know and then I started..
I couldn't breathe and I've got this massive pain in my side and then I said, "I think you need to get an ambulance"
And I ended up on the floor
In the hardware store just doubled over in pain
Yeah, it was just so the pain was so intense. so what happened was with the compression on my chest
I got air in my chest cavity
And then it caused my lung to collapse
The hospitals in Greece because of the cuts over the years they're a little bit run down
the food is not very good. and steven was saying that he was changing your drip out
[laughter]
no way!..
I had to watch it and change the oxygen
There was a tube in there, going into the box, and it every time I coughed or breathed it was bubbling air out of it
so it was a little box
with a little meter and it would go through water as a one-way valve system. Yeah. Yeah, I'd sit there at night time just
just sit there
and his breathing was bubbling away
thats so gross
I'm gonna go back to Brisbane and get checked out
I mean the Greeks did the best they can you know, they've told me to go home and get checked out
If I can come back, I'm coming back
Yeah, yeah, there's always in the back of my head that I might have to do this all myself. Yeah
So it was always something I was prepared for, but
I mean that was his plan to do it on his own, and then I said look you know
I'm happy to come with you if you want me to come with you. Yeah, so
my old man just retired, and he's just constantly on the phone going mmm.
He wants to come live on the boat hey its hilarious
And I won't tell him, im like nah nah.
Sold my house, quit my job, sold everything up
So plans moving forward,
So where are you going from here?
You gonna cross the Atlantic at the end of the year. Yep, across the Atlantic hopefully I could stay here for the winter yeah
is it a bit of a daunting task for you? of course I've gotta, but there's something that I'm
comfortable with. He's got enough experience now. Yeah, I can handle it. He's got friends that can come over
Yeah, I've got it'd be nice to have two three other people when I do the crossing
It'd be nice, but at the end of the day if I need to do it, ill do it
I've got a very deep respect for you Steven. But you know like I think the most daunting thing is more in the boat
What worries me, I'd rather sit in 40 knots out at sea than 40 knots in a marina
I feel safer out there than I do in the marina
And you're down-wind, with no..
There's a few
I don't want to be beating into it thats for sure
Thanks for watching join us next week through the Corinth Canal with my pal Kala
We brush shoulders with cliff walls and cute dogs on our way to the Greek islands
