sysadmin sailor slacker programmer currently on the wine-dark Ionian in my BCC 28, Indigohttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooohttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mllmjdcnus2pAnchored for tonight off Aetos, Ithaki. Here, a bronze age citadel of lesser fame than Mycenae or Pylos - is it Odysseas’ palace 🏺? We’ve come two & a half miles from Vathy. I sailed it on wind which was mostly just rumour - an hour or more, fifteen tacks, to drift out the harbor channel ⛵️ #sailing11 May 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllmjdcnus2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3ml4pzzs2jc2nNeat close to beam reaches south, Livadi Bay, today05 May 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4pzzs2jc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mkxowlq4222oClose hauled in seven knots, tacking south and past the sunset to Kefalonia.03 May 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxowlq4222ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mkufve5s3k26Reaching from ancient Torone down to Antipaxos02 May 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkufve5s3k26https://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mks2e2brwc2nNewly repaired foresail looking fly in 5-7 knots off the port beam. (She’d taken a beating in the 40+ knot blow between Sardinia and Sicilia.) 5 stars & my thanks Quantum Sails Corfu, a family-owned sail loft which appreciates that boats should have soul ⛵️:)01 May 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks2e2brwc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mjrn7fbank2aIndy sailing herself into Nsis Vido anchorage in light airs. She’s 26 and able to look after herself!18 Apr 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrn7fbank2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mjqwky42v22ba poem [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqwky42v22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mjeotobtdk2mGreece 🇬🇷! Close reaching into Cocyra after a heavy crossing from Krotone13 Apr 2026 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeotobtdk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3minpduqyrs26Rounding Capo Rizzuto in 20+ knots04 Apr 2026 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3minpduqyrs26https://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mil6xzdu422jSeems unwise to name a boat after an object whose most famous property is being stuck on a rock 🗡️🪨03 Apr 2026 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mil6xzdu422jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mi6yywwrac2tReaching east from Mt. Etna.29 Mar 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi6yywwrac2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mhy5dn2rh226Dolphins escorted Indy into the Taormina Roads26 Mar 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhy5dn2rh226https://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mhsmwkuquc2b Rounding Punto Pezzo24 Mar 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsmwkuquc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mhighuchb22e⛵️🏺Charybdis: five minutes to reef from 12 knots…20 Mar 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhighuchb22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mhfgco4ngs2lRafted up at the Costa Viola Y.C.19 Mar 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfgco4ngs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mhajpegw2s2dfamous mostly for being crassly rich, too [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhajpegw2s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mgzc5dzelk2kthe Tyndaridae (that’s Castor & Pollux), Quasimodo’s “Wind at Tindari” so apposite, the byzantine black madonna of Tindari: all these I made accidental pilgrimage to yesterday. Now they or meteorological circumstance bless the Bay of Oliveri with a seven knot breeze. #sailing ⛵️14 Mar 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzc5dzelk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mgy74m5tss2fSailed and hiked to Tyndaris today14 Mar 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgy74m5tss2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mgua26phu22uTacking out of Mylae. We’re bound for Tyndaris, a few miles back west12 Mar 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgua26phu22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mgmvpxuxsc26shhh don’t spook the wind making 3ish in 6ish knots over the port beam on short crossing to Vulcano09 Mar 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmvpxuxsc26https://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mgfvlsjis224While anchored off Tusa, an unexpected wind came up two mornings ago. I’d already spotted the Aeolians beckoning just on the northern horizon, so I sprang on the wind…06 Mar 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfvlsjis224https://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mgfuc7ambk24It’s slow going without wind! But on the upside the calm seas made it safe to anchor just off the beach at Alaesa, a hellenized Sicilian polis just beyond Cefalu. (The modern down is called Tusa.) Of little note, it rates a passing mention in Cicero and…06 Mar 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfuc7ambk24https://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mg2rzzswsk25Still waiting for a decent wind. A slow week on the north coast of Sicily. Sailed slowly into Cefalu two days past.02 Mar 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2rzzswsk25https://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mfrmpwsqgs2fAnchoring off the beach at Himera - after Marsoelle, Empiries, and Selinous, the westernmost indisputable Greek polis. No harbor, but anchoring off the beach ok: no wind forecast for another 6 days :(.26 Feb 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrmpwsqgs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mfiy2klig22wMoored in Panormus - the all-harbor. A lively sail east on a mild mistral, with the sun setting over Mons Pecararo.23 Feb 2026 06:01 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfiy2klig22whttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mfe4qjeghc23Made a friend while wandering the streets of Emporion Segestum last night (Castellammare del Golfo) Eventually his mom came by and reproached him for trusting the laps of strangers so readily 😸21 Feb 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfe4qjeghc23https://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mfcbxhk3ts2iLandfall Sicily. It was a wild one - bare pole running at 6+ most of last night! At points 30 gusting 40 with 3m+ 🌊. Fickle February Med ⛵️ Here’s dawn today20 Feb 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcbxhk3ts2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mf6znuoa722xBroad reaching at 6+ in 20 knots. Two reefs. We’re 14m E of the Isle dei Cavoli & #sailing into the sunrise :)19 Feb 2026 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf6znuoa722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sysop.ooo/post/3mf65bv4z422qTo Sicily! I’ve a ~three day weather window to cross before the violent mistral that has characterized this Sardinian February returns. Was lucky enough to sign on a watch keeper - Tim, a very tall German. He’s been adventuring about Italy in a solar-electric van! Expect landfall Trapani 36h.18 Feb 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:la3rhay3rzabmtiofuidyrtn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf65bv4z422q