In this episode of Sailing A B Sea we hop to a few more Greek islands before checking out of Greece at Samos where officials at three different departments all explain that "If you leave Greece, you cannot come back."

We understand that "You cannot come back." relates to the border restrictions in place while Covid-19 is still a thing and we're pretty sure that we'll be able to visit Greece again sometime in the future.

At Samos island we also team up with Ross, Laura, Josh & Noah from Sailing Holly Blue and do some exploring at a beautiful waterfall. You can check out their channel with the link below.

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There's nothing I can do I've been

through everything we did while we did

the stuff

throughout the winter and I just cannot

figure

what we might have done that's caused

this situation

If we don't get it sorted soon

then it it rips through the prop shaft

it rips through

the propeller and that's a 5,000 US dollar propeller.

Well it would blow our budget

it's just huge unless we get this this stopped

The next hop is to Chios. Yep

I want to check the weather for tomorrow

and look at my

plan a b c anchorages

Well that's nice but right where I

wanted us to be

Happy about that. A bit of a lumpy ride

over but

yeah you know, we're here in one piece

It's uh around about 6.30 on Saturday morning

and we are now going to do a very big

hop of about 10 hours

from Chios to Samos - Pythagorio -

yes because there is a chandler's there

and we can buy some more

anodes. We're not even sure if the

anode's actually helping

but I'd rather have one on than not have

one on so when that one dies we'll put

another one on and so on and so forth

until we can get to

Didim and get this problem solve. Err

I feel very unable to do anything right

now. There's nothing I can do

I've been through everything we did

while we did these... the stuff

throughout the winter and I

just cannot figure

what we might have done that's caused

this situation

and uh as I said yesterday you know if

we don't get it sorted soon

then it it rips through the prop shaft

it rips through

the propeller and that's a 5000 US dollar propeller.

Well it would blow our budget

It's just huge unless we get this this

stopped very fast. Obviously it's a DC

current leak somewhere and I'm just not

qualified

to to find out what it is to troubleshoot

There are so many

ways that it could be happening, aren't there? Yes

So anyway onwards

Onwards and upwards

and Pythagorio here we come! Yeah

This is our trip today. That was where we

were last night, great little place uh

very protected from the

Meltemi. We've

just left

the tip ... southern tip of that island

we've now got a five hour trip down to

the corner ... the western corner of Samos

and then a further four hours round to

Pythagorio and this here

is Turkey

which you may be able to make out on the

horizon over there

We are motoring because we have

absolutely zero wind

that is the wind direction indicator

and it's just spinning around and around

at the top of the mast

the only reason it's spinning around because

it's doing that with the boat roll

Just an update on the autopilot as well

since we've plugged it in

and started this journey from

Limni on Evia Island it's worked

perfectly

once or twice it kicks into standby for

some

unknown reason but apart from that it's

been doing very good

so looks like we may have fixed that

issue

Still think the wiring needs looking at

and replacing when we can

this is where I sit and this is what I see

Aannsha of course is being very

precautious and slipping and slapping

and slopping

I think the damage was done

in the first year to be honest with you

Here's an interesting situatio... this AIS

signal here is a fishing boat

and it says in 17 minutes we will pass

at the closest possible approach of

1.2 nautical miles. Now as you can see

from the position indicator

we're basically nose to nose at the

moment, there's quite a lot of distance

between us

Now he's moving a point seven of a knot

which could indicate that he's trailing

a net behind him

so we'd ideally like to pass in front of him

but right now we don't know whether that

1.16 nautical miles

is behind him or in front of him

I would guess it's probably going to be

behind him and that's not a good

situation

so as we get closer we might um

try and get ahead of him and pass in

front of him

because I don't know if he's trailing a

net or not and if he is how far out does

that net go or how deep is it?

Now that we're a little bit closer to

him I can see that he's got a very

uh long line out the back and this

over here is his buddy boat and he's also

got a line out the back

and they're both heading this way at

0.7 of a knot so they have got a huge

net between them that they're trawling

through the water so we've definitely

got to pass in front of him

You can actually see a lot of

buoys marking the top of the back of the

net but we don't know

how far back it extends

so we're definitely going in front of

this guy

Baz has just altered course five degrees

to port and increased our

speed as well

And there's one obstacle avoiced nicely

we're going through that gap

Here we are anchored in the bay just

outside the harbour of Pythogorio on the

Greek island of Samos

last time we were here was 14 months ago

The issue that we've got that's causing

us quite a lot of concern at the moment

is of course the

anode on the prop shaft and we've been

doing some research

and the anti-fowl spray paint that we

put onto the prop shaft and propeller

the active ingredient in that is copper

and we've sort of

come to the conclusion that it's more

than likely that the

copper in the antifoul paint is

interacting with the zinc of the anode

and causing this excessive bobbling so

I'm going to get my scuba gear on now

I'm going to take the anode off the prop

shaft and clean an

area where it is leaving probably around

about that much gap

either side of where the anode will sit

and then put the anode back on

and see if the fizzing stops

In theory

and on paper it sounded like a good plan

but unfortunately even cleaning the prop

shaft right back to the bare

stainless steel and reapplying the anode

has not stopped the anode from fizzing

so it looks like we definitely have some

sort of DC current leakage

so before we leave here

on Thursday

I'll dive again and put a brand new

anode on

so that you know, we've got the best

protection possible

to get us to Didim in Turkey and

then we'll call in

an electrical expert to uh hopefully

diagnose and fix the problem

And the sound of summer in Samos

Malaka!

Did he call you malaka?

He called you malaka. Probably!

So we've got our shopping

today is Tuesday

we're leaving on Thursday, just got the

video edited up

it's nearly finished and then

we'll uh get ourselves ready for

leaving Samos. Yes. And heading into

Turkey. Yeah it's about a five-hour sail

yeah, all going well ... all things being equal

So I'm quite excited about that we've

already been in contact with

Attila the agent there

and he requested pictures of our

passports and ship's documents

and insurance, so we've sent that

off to him so

he'll basically prepare everything in

advance

for the check-in which makes it a super

smooth quick process

everything at the D-Marin marina at Didim

everything is on site yeah so it's

Makes it really easy ... it's a very quick process

yeah yeah

So back to the boat for more editing

And a spot of lunch

oh yeah

I've had two pieces of Persian turquoise

that I've been waiting to to be inspired

to wrap and I've taken some sterling silver

wire and I've wrapped them today and I'm

actually quite pleased with how they've

turned out aren't they

aren't they gorgeous? So I will be

having these up for sale on my shop

if anybody likes them

We've made some new friends

yes we have, when we arrived here at

Pythagorio on the Greek island of Samos

we were here about half an hour and then

we received an

email. And the email said "Welcome to

Pythagorio", and we're thinking

who knows us here? Who knows we're here?

Turns out to be

Ross and Laura from Sailing Holly Blue

that's another YouTube sailing channel

so they said

pop over anytime and say hello, so we did

and since then we've had a couple of

beers with them yeah and met their two

wonderful boys

yeah and right now they've invited us to

go out um on a trip to a waterfall and they've

hired a car for that

so we've got ourselves dressed up

as best as you can and yeah we're looking

forward to it aren't we? Yeah

so we're gonna dingy over to the dock

and go meet them again

Well that was a

bit of a struggle getting from A B Sea to

the quayside here simply because we

are not using our motor at the moment

because

it's not playing the game so I had to

row and we were getting gusts up to 30 knots

against me. Yeah. Tell you more about the

outboard motor at a later stage

Hello Holly Blue

Hello

Okay, 1-2-3

Oh look I'm impressed

So here's our wheels for the day

So what's the first thing you do when

you get to the waterfall?

Crack open a coldie

Okay so everyone that's

walking past us is in

swimming clothes and they're dry

but they're dry so

I'm not holding out much hope.

Maybe it's just too cold what d'you reckon?

Yeah. I'm going in. I'm going in anyway

coz I'm too hot

Cheers Barry. Cheers Cheers

Cheers Aannsha

I would but I can't I can't quite

that'll do! Cheers Cheers Yamas!

It's been lovely meeting you guys

Yeah. It really has. Yeah it's been lovely

It was a nice surprise wasn't it? You

guys just rocking up in our anchorage

Oh look

Some hot camera action

It's been great hasn't it? Yeah just a

quick round up uh after the waterfall

and a cold beer

at this beautiful little... and a rum and wine

I had a beer as well! Of course. So what

do you reckon on the waterfall worth the trip?

Yeah definitely worth the trip but wear

bathers or bring them with you

because the last bit you have to swim or

at least get

chest high in the water

That was totally unexpected.

Up to here!

If you're short ... haha ... up to hear if you're tall

It was beautiful wasn't it? Yeah it was a great

walk um. Yeah. It's lovely

Yeah. Well well worth the trip and uh

It's very rustic and good for the kids

to be able to run around

Good scenery, lovely trees yeah, nice

little stream, yeah

Just an all-around nice little meandre really

Yeah so now it's an hour's drive

back down to Pythagorio

where we're going to treat ourselves to

the wonderful

gyros that are so prevalent throughout

all of Greece. Yum! Yes.

We're just down here hiding away from

the wind because it keeps gusting and

ruining the talkie bit

it is uh around about 10 past 11 on

Thursday

24th? of July and we have checked out of

Greece

We went to passport control, immigration

and

port police and all fine, it cost us 5 euros

and no worries see you later.

Of course the usual

the usual warning yeah if you leave

Greece you're not allowed to come back

I mean not forever just while the

restrictions are in place ... yeah

so I had a busy busy morning before that

put the... reconnected the alternator

cables because we suspect that the DC

short has got something to do with the

alternator. I also dived and put a brand

new anode

onto the prop shaft and the

new one didn't fizz (background cheers!) so

that was when the

alternator was disconnected

so we think we're slowly getting closer

to the source

we've got a five-hour trip now to

Didim in Turkey

and once we get there we will contact

an electrician and get him to come out

as soon as possible so...

Once we're allowed in

Yeah we've got to check in

there first - you know and we've passed the

temperature control checks and all that

kind of stuff yes

yeah so but we've got a good contact

there at Didim marina, Attila - Attila yeah

the agent and uh he's waiting for us to

contact him

and he'll come and meet us with the

appropriate people, yeah so we should

have the wind behind us all the way

Yeah so it should be a good journey

should be a nice one

All right so anchor up, a bit of throttle

see what the wind's like when we're out

there and see if we can sail yes

Alrighty

This red line here delineates the

territorial waters of Greece

and Turkey. We've just crossed over that

line so we've got to take down the Greek

flag, raise the Turkish flag

and also put our

quarantine flag up as well

Thank you Greece, you've been wonderful!

Hello Turkey!

Okay ladies hand

(Aannsha got the passarelle in place)

36.7

36 - you're cold

We will leave you one form

Yeah

While we are doing checking clearance

everything - yes - this is for two people

fill out here, fill out here, signature,

signature okay? Okay. We will take them

back when we give the passports

back okay? Thank you

very much

Till we bring the passports please be

here. Enjoy your time

After I bring passports you will be free

to go somewhere somewhere somewhere

Okay. See you soon. Thank you

So here we are in Turkey we're in the

marina at Didim and Jim, um

Jim has met up with us and brought his

son Matthew

Thank you. Thank you

You're welcome. Hello!

And Jim being our number one, in fact our

very first patron

said, "Let me take you out for a patron's

dinner tonight in celebration of your

return to Turkey"

and so we're having this wonderful

dinner with wonderful wine, wonderful

company

and a wonderful view. And I've just had a

wonderful shower as well

that was stunning wasn't it?

So let's dig in

Just before we bring this video to a

conclusion we'd like to welcome back to

our Patreon family

Henrik Thystrop, welcome back Henrik and

welcome our new patron

Kyrre Ringstrom, welcome aboard

Next week

on Sailing A B Sea we bring a couple of

experts on board to help us

suss out what is wrong with our

systems and we also get

a good in-depth look at D-Marin marina

in Didim

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