Race of Ancients and Missing Reveille 28th September 2017 It's the last couple of weeks of our summer cruise. It feels very early to be finishing, but we have a VERY IMPORTANT wedding to go to on 7th October. We had a very good, fast sail from Mykonos for about 30nm until we hit the end of the cigar-shaped island of Ikaria. Now Ikaria is well known for being extremely windy, the katabatic winds howl up and over the steep interior of the island to flatten you the...

Of Meltemi and shrines, dentists and archipelagos - and being defect free Sunday, 10th July 2016 The Meltemi is upon us, meaning there are continuous, strong north-westerly winds. These can last from a few days to a fortnight at a time. We did well to work our way north and west first, some good if a bit gung-ho sailing to get us to Patmos island via a lovely spot on the south side of Lipsi island.Here we anchored in the bay around the point from the main port. ...