Not much can be found online regarding the real need of having this document while sailing in Italian waters or the details on how to get it

This had been the easiest check-in in Greece so far and we had finally managed to get on the Transit Log!

I will stamp you both on the crew list (not on the passport - so the time spent in Malta doesn't count for the Schengen time) but be sure to

We arrived quite late in the night and after a quick realisation that we couldn’t identify the customs dock in the middle of all the lights

The first time we arrived in Greece we chose Preveza on the west coast as our port of entry and then again as our port of exit on our...

This was our first attempt on getting "stamped" in the Transit Log, but unfortunately, things didn't go as smoothly as we had expected.

We went to this door on the side of the building, entered the room and found a small lobby with one armoured door on each side and an empty

The place in itself was a bit eerie, feeling very much like an abandoned dock next to a vacant parking lot.

Lots of fenders out, I prepared for the moment to jump and cleat the stern while already holding a super long line to cleat the bow

And then he started talking in Italian at the speed of light with Johns brother in law and laughing lots.

The reason to check out of Montenegro in Tivat and not in Zelenika was very simple and can be resumed to one thing only: duty-free fuel.

We arrived at Bar, Montenegro's first Port of entry when coming from Albania, just before lunchtime. We packed our sails, prepared the f

Immigration police were super nice and spoke great English, but as they finished taking care of the passports and were explaining to me wher

After an awkward conversation at Customs office in Preveza during our check in with one of the officers in a broken English conversion, we w

After having stayed in Tunisia for almost 7 months during the winter season, finally, the time to return to Europe and to start the 2019 sai

Close to the 6-month marker of arriving in Tunisia by boat my passport was again coming to the end of its 90 days visa and therefore a littl

The reason for choosing Tunisia as the final destination for this season came down to the Schengen 90/180 days rule and the cost of the mari

After being stuck in Palermo for a bit longer than we had planned for we were finally ready to leave Italy towards Tunisia.

At 3 pm made my way to the marina office with all the necessary documents and after checking in confirmed with the staff where to get the &q

We got on the dinghy and went to town looking for a place to tie up, lunch and the harbourmaster or the Capitenerie di Porto to stamp the &q

We arrived mid-afternoon, dropped anchor a couple of times because it was quite windy and we were not liking our final position once anchore

The cut off date for our departure started getting closer so we started the search for the relevant authorities. After having no luck with t

Checking in Cartagena was not exactly easy, it’s a port of entry but Customs seem to be only used to handling the big cruisers and cargo shi

Checking in and out of Gibraltar is probably one of the easiest procedures we’ve come across so far. The process is all done online on the H