WOW!! Checkout this Ship Wreck on the most Stunning Beach in Greece! (Sailing La Vagabonde) Ep. 116
Ship Wreck beach, or Smugglers Cove as it’s referred to, has been a place on my bucket list to visit for many years now. This freightliner, the MV Panagiotis ran aground one stormy day in 1980 on the island of Zakinthos - Greece. There are rumours of the ship smuggling things like cigarettes, alcohol and women. You can only reach this cove by boat, or you can BASE jump down if you’re into that. We cruised right on in on La Vagabonde to drop anchor, swim to shore and explore this INSANE spot. Join us for our first two stops in Greece, the country where it all began 3 years ago!!
Hope you enjoy it!
Elayna xo
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Hi Elayna and Riley! Currently my boyfriend and his mate are sailing towards Sardinia, making the Atlantic crossing in the next two weeks. If Steven comes in need of help during the crossing feel free to contact me, or if you stumble across a 43ft named Lady Gray- thats him. They would be happy to meet up none the less! And if you two find yourselves in the Caribbean from January onwards lettuce know ill be joining the crew there. Also you should know the boys were inspired to do this trip because of you both.:) Cheers! , Paige
What a great view!
was watching a base jumping video and saw this location in it! awesome place.
What a view! Thank you so much for capturing all this for us! <3 The Geckos!
great episode!!! I've tasted Gasoline trying to siphon, but never diesel. what beautiful blue waters and that shipwreck cove looks very nice.
the ones that are difficult to get to are often the best especially in a highly populated Europe :)
Elay, that biz about being nervous docking and all. Riley told us you nailed it. Easy for me to say but I had no doubt that you do fine as you do all of time. That's because you have a good head, skill, intuition and a better attitude than most boys!
Thanks Richard! xo
THE TASTE OF DIESEL! I have a close friend (Ian of Afriki) who took 5 years or so to sail around the world about 10 or more years ago. He too enjoyed the taste of diesel when his Volvo Penta acted up which it did many times over the 5 years of course. He is now in his 50's and has almost completely lost his ability to smell or taste. He can still get a sensation when eating very salty or very sweet things plus a few other things such as very strong blue cheese. He has been to many doctors over the years and although he has no definitive proof, all the evidence suggests it was the diesel that caused him to lose these senses (smell, taste). Perhaps you can fire out the question in one of your podcasts to see if any other Patron's know something about the correlation between the two.
Loved this video guys 👍🏼😘
Awesome! Cheers Rebecca! xo
Love the video. Cool place
Great vid! I feel sorry for Riley, diesel does not taste like bourbon for sure! That water looks so blue, another great location & keep up the good voyage. Luv ya'!
Spent years in Greece but never been to that island. Nice ;-)
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Delightful drone footage, and good music.
EXTRA EXTRA GOOD vid, loved smugglers cove, such a cool mooring in Kefelonia (?), great job tying up in a cross wind. Unlikely you have an air leak, more likely you have a partially blocked filter, pull the primary filter check for water and bug (be surprised if you have fuel algae yet, but check), check the secondary filter, keep spares on board and raw water pump impellers, you ALWAYS use em
Real men drink Diesel for breakfast.... seriously though, it tastes like crap but it's not gonna kill ya !!
Riley’s full of diesel and I missed the turtle .... 🤔😂
Google Racor vacuum gauge . Also google bleeding air from a diesel, easy to do and it can save the day.
Another great video guys. That water looks so amazing! Great job on your first Mediterranean docking Elayna, it looks very difficult but yuh aced it! Also,, sorry to hear about your engine issues. I'm sure you already do this Riley but every 100 or so hours you should check all of your compression connections and clamps on your fuel supply lines between your tanks and primary filters. They come lose more often than you think (especially with all of your high speed sailing lately 😎) and it just takes a little air to shut everything down quickly. Also you should add a vacuum gauge to your primary filter. Takes 5 minutes to install, they are inexpensive and can save you a lot of time troubleshooting fuel issues. Finally, get a real siphon ; unless you like the taste of diesel 🙃. Can't wait to see the Canaries👍 wishing you a safe passage!
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I was thinking the same thing as Scott..
Thank you for another smile or two or three... !
You need one of these...no more swallowing toxic substances. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Safety-Siphon-Safe-Multi-Purpose-Priming/dp/B000BG1X54" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Safety-Siphon-Safe-Multi-Purpose-Priming/dp/B000BG1X54</a> I’d send you one, but you probably wouldn’t get it for several months!
Nice ---- would love to have seen more about the little village. So, question - a very long time ago in a land far away Riles was (sic) vascilating all about what tools to go get to use on the new V-II and from where - What and where ??
Great video as usual. Guess we'll have to promote Elayna to "Commodore" for the great Med docking. Likewise love the music - can you post the music credits with each vid?
Thanks Jack! We put the music credits in our video descriptions. We also now have a Spotify Playlist (if you use Spotify)
Oh man Greece looks magical! As Mike said it doesn’t even look real. Awesome video as always
Brilliant video - did Riley swallow diesel or petrol - either way, it's beyond the call of duty - great background music - you guys are getting better and better at this - when are you going west? Take care
Can't believe it's been 3 years already! Great video as always. I really appreciate the videos where you get a little bit technical (like the med mooring part).
There must b something wrong with your camera. The blue water looked fake! ;) Love the vid. Great job docking E!
Great, my Patreon account is working again and I was able to watch this video pre you tube release. Great video thanks.
What was the diagnostics on the engines? Great vid as usual guys. Oh, and thanks for the music playlists on Spotify!! This technology shit is crazy!! Quick question, how far into the USA are you going to get before you head north to the Arctic? Are you still thinking of doing the run north?
I visited this place in the late 90’s and the bluest of blues, was so blue it hurt my eyes. My film camera got me the most beautiful shot I ever took. My boat was one of the hideously overcrowded tourist ferries and because there was a fair wind and some chop, the toilets were overflowing with puke. It was a magical time. I am very much looking forward to your version ;)