Who we Are
 We're
Jim and Caroline Baerselman, a name of Dutch origin, pronounced 'Barzulman'.
If you want to find this site easily, just Google 'jimb sail', and we'll
pop up. Speaking of pop-ups, this is a non-commercial website - no adverts, no
nonsense. Leaves us free to criticise! Our plan is to publish this site
on CDs for easier access on board, then as a book. But that's looking a
long way ahead!
 From 1996
to 2006 we sailed the coastlines of
Europe - from Scotland to Turkey - living aboard Rapaz,
our 40ft yacht. The areas we visited are compared in the
Sailing
part of this website. We give opinions, not to create a pilot guide
(lots of people do that better), but to highlight the 'must sees' and
'don't bothers' within each area.
 We
still sail a few weeks each year, but our
last long live-aboard cruise was in 2006, after which we bought a
summer house in Finikounda, in the SW Peloponese. The rest of this site is a
tourist guide to our area, Messinia, with full information on how to get here from
UK, places to see and local rental possibilities.
If you're passing by, txt us on +44 7802 853564, and we'll
pop down to the quay to have a beer - and quiz you for opinions and
updates.
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Site Contents, or Index:
(click on
the underlined headings to go there)
1.
Home Using
this site, who we are, contents list (with links to each
page), and news of changes.
2.
Sailing
Broad brush comparisons of the sailing areas of
Europe, with more detail on separate pages.
2.0
The Sailing
Areas of Europe Compared
2.1 N
Spain Detail
2.2
Balearics
Detail
2.3
Corsica &
Sardinia Detail
2.4
Sicily & Malta
Detail
2.5
Greece
Compares the Greek cruising areas
2.5.1 W
Greece, Ionian Detail
2.5.1.1 Messinia Even more detail!
Including tourist guide and travel
2.5.2
E Greece, S Aegean
Detail
2.5.3
E Greece,
Evia & N Aegean Detail
2.5.4
Port Police
Procedure How the inconsistent Greek paperwork
rules are applied
2.6 Annex (appears in separate
window)
2.6.1
Our Prejudices
So you can put our judgements into perspective . . .
3.
Messinia
A tourist guide to SW Peloponese (same as 2.5.1.1),
from Pylos to the Mani peninsula, including how to get
there, accommodation, all the places to visit and all the anchorages we
know . . .
3.1
Travel to
Messinia
3.1.1 From Athens by Car
Car kilometres
3.1.2
From Athens by Bus
Bus Time Tables
3.2
Finikounda
Accommodation A good centre to explore
Messinia from. Links to local accommodation
sites, descriptions of Dion Zois Villas and our house.
5.
Buy a House
How to go about buying a house in Greece.
Quite easy, really.
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Site News:
Jun 2008, Messinia travel information
updated, Finikounda accommodation information supplied, layout
changes. Link to
Dion-Zois
web site added.
Update History
Next updates. Add photos to illustrate existing
texts. Minor
editing is always taking place.
20 Jun 08 Finikounda
accommodation added to Messinia section
10 Jun 08 Some missing
links repaired on the Greece section, improving access to the detail
pages.
9 Jun 08
Tourist guide to Messinia (bus time tables, taxi fares, flight
links, car hire) updated and expanded.
15 Apr 08 Added N
Greece, More Greece maps. Split Greece into three sections.
15 Jan 08 Added
Corsica & Sardinia.
16 Dec 07 Added S
Spain, Portugal detail (Ria Guadinia).
9 Oct 07 Greece - Refined port police procedure, added
considerable Ionian detail.
1 Sep 07 Sicily.
More detail added.
19 Jul 07 Greece, added
wintering options around Athens.
06 Jul 07 Additions
to N Spain and S Spain.
1 May 07 Balearics
detail pages added, plus Atlantic S Iberia edits and more maps.
8 Feb 07 Added
Sicily, Aeolian Islands
and Malta.
20 Jan 07 Added
Baltic with links, extended Portugal coverage, edited maps.
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