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Montenegro is totally under-rated and definitely worth exploring! See our highlights.

During a harrowing 45-minutes, we desperately dodged 4 random tornadic waterspouts

Final thoughts (for the 3rd time!) from Dale, Christine, and Megan as we conclude another fantastic year of sailing experiences aboard...

Photo highlights from my bucket list region in Italy...

Here's a post with words directly from our Helios guests. It is presented in reverse chronological order and will get updated...

UPDATED! Added 3 unique islands.

Dale's sister, Kari, provides a perspective on some of what we do behind the scenes.

We’ve learned a lot of interesting little facts during our short sailing career, some useful to our sailing, and some just curious...

An unexpected guest on board, MAY DAY call and other unique sightings.

2024 Sailing Log Helios carried us safely another 2,200+ miles this season - our third year of sailing her. We spent over 4 months...

Check out the colorful array of mouthwatering Turkish sweets, appetizers and spices.

Here are a few especially memorable places that we have visited so far both in 2021/22, and more recently during this summer of sailing...

Running-rigging is the collection of lines actively used to sail a boat. The basic lines are similar on most any boat, with any...

Spend enough years sailing, or around sailors, and you'll come across all kinds of lessons: some painfully earned yourself, and some...

Although we were not originally planning on visiting Montenegro, we are all very glad that we did (for the most part). We sailed into the...

We are back aboard Helios and at sea again!! We re-launched her on June 1, 2023. After a 10-month hiatus with Helios "on the hard" in a...

The day that we stamped out of Italy, we were told by the coast guard to "leave immediately, and don't stop until you are out of the...

Montenegro, our surprise destination, is lovely! We planned out an extremely detailed itinerary spanning 6 months in the Mediterranean,...

Final thoughts from Dale, Christine and Megan on our year-long sailing adventure... Helios was hauled out of the water on July 30 in...

When in Rome, do as the Roman's do - indulge in gelato. Given our insatiable love of ice cream, and the fact that the average Italian...