16th September to 12th October 2019 Return to lands of Pythagoras, St. John & his revelations, windmills and goat heaven Shame on us, we have abandoned writing for a bit, so it's a round-up of the last weeks of the season, with apologies in advance for the length! We hopped south to Kalymnos, all craggy mountains and extreme climbers, but changed our minds the following day to head back north to the Fournoi archipelago, a spread-out rocky collection of isle...

Wednesday, 11th September 2019 A Small Circumnavigation and other Practical Matters Myrica is back in the water and her element. We haven't gone very far! A combination of reasons: (1) fraying upholstery; (2) Greek documents; (3) weather. So we have had a contemplative circumnavigation of the island. To explain….(1) The upholstery (mainly) on the port side has deteriorated significantly - it's as if all the horizontal (warp / weft?) threads have decided enou...

Monday, 16th July 2019 Downhill all the Way "Home"Since leaving the Sporades, we have had some of the best sailing in a good while. It took roughly five 40-50nm hops ("channel crossings") to get us from the northwest back to the Dodecanese in the East, with none of it on the nose. The first two got us to Skyra and Psara as mentioned in the previous proper log. From Psara, after a meal out with Jorge & Iris, we scooted from the centre of the northern Aegean to...

Just putting a point on the map. Next real blog on 16th.

Just putting a point on the map. Next real blog on 16th.