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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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.