At sea halfway to Sicily . The weather is still stormy but I have not disgraced myself yet. We are having a post lunch sit down before playing deck golf, given the deck is at quite an angle it should be interesting. You play with a flat disk of wood and the 'holes' are chalk circles on the deck . The ships owner and wife were on board until last night but have left to join the sister ship which is going to the same destination but via Portugal .

Arrived at 10 am after fairly bumpy night. The problem of having a cabin next to the pool is that you tend to get wet feet as the pool contents slop out. Thunderstorm as we arrived so waiting for it to stop raining . Trying to not eat everything on offer dad had to be persuaded that he didn't need macaroni cheese at midnight when he'd had a 4 course meal at 8. Sun came out at 10 so we were able to visit town and take laser out. Parked next to Russian frigate and...

Arrived at noon having left Athens in a storm. Going to explore island for a bit and then come back for a sail on the dinghies . Most passengers are American or german and most seem to be getting off before we cross the Atlantic.

Overnight in city centre hotel. Spent afternoon strolling around and getting lost- we passed some shops 3 times. Off this morning to the new acropolis Museum which is only a few minutes away.taxi to clipper at 4pm and sail at 10.