Kythnos – Part 3 – Happy Birthday to me!
We got up, counted our collective bruises, and there are many (Kirk says my arms look like I’ve been beaten…my knees are worse), and headed back over to Apokreiosi to hopefully retrieve the anchor. We got out of the car and started to head up to the taverna to find our fisherman when the two older fishermen on the beach began calling to us and gesturing. Neither spoke a stitch of English but they were sure trying to talk to us. Then we noticed our anchor and the line we tied it off with leaning up against the side of an overturned boat. They had gone out and pulled it out before we arrived. We were so grateful and thanked them so profusely. We offered to pay them for their time and effort but they wouldn’t hear of it. Through quasi-sign language and a whole lot of Greek that we … …..continue reading →
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Kythnos to Seriphos
We are hoping to head for Seriphos today. But first we are going to walk up and visit the port police and see what they have for a weather forecast. We have decided against Santorini, we may head for Paros in a couple of days after visiting Siphnos and may take the ferry down to Santorini and rent a room for a night there. Otherwise, it will be a reason to return in the future. From there we will probably come back and head for Mykonos before turning back northwards. The Port Police said it would be a Beaufort force 5 today, perhaps picking up to 6 in the late afternoon. Beaufort 6 is the cutoff for sailing under the contract…not that we’d want to at that point. It is so strange to use the Beaufort scale here, it seems so less precise than what we are used to. But … …..continue reading →
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Seriphos – Day 2
We spent the day on Seriphos and did a walking tour. We hiked up to the chora of Seriphos and explored the town a bit. We went to chapel at the very tip top, the view is breathtaking. There are cats and donkeys everywhere. A little black dog led us through the maze of narrow streets for awhile and then left us. We then hiked out of town across the countryside with lizards scurrying out of our way at every step, and over to a beach called Psili Ammos where we sat at the seaside and had a packed lunch. It was virtually deserted except for us. We were going to have a swim….Kirk did, I wimped…too cold! We then hiked back to Livadhi where we spent the next few hours lounging, sipping drinks, and being helpful Canadians for all the boats that came in. It’s much busier here today, … …..continue reading →
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Seriphos to Sifnos
The waterman is on the dock. He is so cute, he walks down the dock with a hose and calls to each boat “Hello Captain!” “Waterman!” 5 Euros for water. A better deal than ice. We were about to leave when we saw our British friends leave the dock, minus a crewmember. When the missing crew came down the dock he said he had been to the Port Police to deal with the paperwork before leaving……ummm, what paperwork we asked. We haven’t visited the Port Police or paid any fees since arriving in Greece. He said “Oh you must or they will come looking for you, you wouldn’t want to send your last few night in jail!” Good enough for us, Kirk took our papers up, they took a couple of Euros from us, stamped some papers and sent us on our way. Since then, we haven’t seen any Port … …..continue reading →
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Sifnos – Paros
Up early today, another gorgeous day in the works. We heard our first weather forecast today, and only because the captain of the Cosmos told us what channel to turn to. It was difficult to follow but we are pretty certain it said Beaufort 3-4 today and tomorrow and possibly getting a bit worse on the weekend. We confirmed this with our friendly neighbour and feel confident about our next couple of days. We have some long hauls ahead of us to get back. Paros is about 35 miles or more depending which way we go. Mykonos is a fairly short hop from there, and then Tinos is only 10 miles after that, but then we have two slogs of over 40 miles to get back home. We have decided against the ferry to Santorini, we will save that for next time. We are already planning our return trip. We … …..continue reading →
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Paros – Day 2
The winds are picking up in the harbour at least. It is sitting at around 6-8 m/s and gusting up to around 10 which means that it will be more out on the water. Or maybe not, it actually tends to be worse close to land, particularly on the lee side of the islands…but that’s one of the few things that seems to follow normal weather patterns here!. We have another long haul today and we cannot stay at anchor at Delos because it is an archaeological site. We are going to check with the port authorities before we even drop anchor because although the captain of the Cosmos said we could (and should) stop there for a couple of hours in the afternoon before heading to Mykonos, other things seem to indicate that it’s not exactly kosher…and we don’t really feel like spending a night in jail. Delos is … …..continue reading →
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