Jacana

Just a one night stop at anchor, to see what Xirokampos bay is like in moderate winds and more importantly, finish off some of the food we have on board before our liftout next Friday.

We’ve finally arrived at Leros, anchoring in a bay at the north east corner of the island for a couple of nights. Ashore we walked over the hill to the Moor and Dock boatyard where we’re being lifted out on…

Fortunately we managed to get onto the ‘sheltered’ side of the main mole in Lipsi, although with the wind direction close to the harbour entrance, we still got significant swell bouncing inside the harbour making the 2 night stop noisy…

The turn of Patmos for a few days, exploring the town of Skala, and walking up to the strange fortified monastery of St John the Theologian in the Chora, built in the 11th century. Unfortunately, on the way back down,…

A good 3.25 hour downwind south easterly sail for the 20 miles to the island of Arkoi. We initially tried going stern-to on the village Quay, unfortunately the cross wind had other ideas, particularly given the restricted manoeuvring space in…

A calm day so motored the 18 miles across to the island of Fournoi, through very heavy rain showers which unfortunately showed up the leaks in the main cabin windows and vents, but did at least wash some of the…

Another down wind sail for 27 miles using just the genoa to the small managed marina at Ormos Marathokampou on the south side of Samos. Perhaps slightly expensive at €22 per night, but it did have lazy lines, offer free…

No wind, just a slight swell for the 34 mile passage south to the harbour at Evdilos on the northern coast of Ikaria. With only a couple of other pleasure boats in, yet again we were able to tie up…

Still heading south, this time to a sheltered spot off the southern end of Chios, managing to sail well over half the 23 miles. We didn’t bother going ashore but got the noodle and lilo out and had a splash….

We finally escaped Kardamila after getting the UTL stamped, handing back the hire car keys and filling up with water and motored the 10 miles round to the next island of Inousses, and tying up side-to in the capital town/village…