Progress Report
Tuesday 4 Nov
Poros to Serifos
37º08’562N
024 º30’944E
Brisk sail – 25 knots NEasterly
Approx 60 NM in 9 hours
Arrived around 4 pm and early to bed
Wed 5 Nov
Serifos to Dhespotika – lair of pirates in the past
36 º58’309N
025 º01’612E
28 NM
Less wind today – around 15 knots and mostly sunshine
Arrived around 5 pm
Anchored in bay off taverna
Thurs 6 Nov
Dhespotika to Skinhousa (Mirsini)
36 º52’297N
025 º30’588E
23 NM
Hard to find the entrance to the tiny harbour which we share with huge ferries coming and going.
Friday 7 Nov
Skinhousa to Amorgos
36 º49’801N
025 º51’846E
18 NM
Very calm as we motor out this morning and plan to stop for a swim half way to Amorgos. We eat breakfast as we go but barely have time to finish eating as we round the point and straight into a fresh NE and we are sailing. The day gets cloudier as we go and by the time we lay into Amorgos visibility is average with very misty conditions. We stop in the first bay to the left for hot soup and a read.
Planned trip from here….
Saturday 8 Nov. 08
Amorgos to Levitha
Sunday 9 Nov
Levitha to either Kalimnos or Nisos Pserimos
Monday 10 Nov
To Bodrum, Turkey to have Radar checked
… and eventually to Kos
About Me
- Cap'n Buck and Pippy
- Born in New Zealand and having spent most of our lives there, our dream to sail the Mediterranean sprang from our combined love of the sea and many years of cruising and racing around the New Zealand coast line and parts of the South Pacific. We arrived in Europe in early April 2008 when we were fortunate to be able to participate in the Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally (EMYR), sailing from Turkey to Egypt via Cypress, Syria, Lebanon and Israel. This Rally gave us a wealth of experience in berthing Med style, overnight passaging, communication with port authorities, immigration procedures, navigation and sea and weather conditions in the Med. From Israel we flew to Slovenia in June where we purchased our ideal vessel our 2003 Beneteau 411 Celebration (with performance rig) “SY Matelot”. She is a well appointed, safe and comfortable live aboard with an ability to sail and perform well. Since arriving in the Med we have passaged over 3,000 nautical miles from Slovenia (Isola) in the Northern Adriatic, to Port Said in Egypt. We are loving this very special experience and are looking forward to sharing it with friends and family on board SY Matelot.
2 comments:
Thanks for the lat and long. Fantastic to zoom in on these areas with Google 3D. 360 degree swings give a great idea of what you are experiencing without the feeling of sea-sickness! Congrats on your racing wins; proves you've still got it...lasers, javelins, qtr ton, etc great memories! We have a new Govt. Helen has resigned as leader of Labour. What happened? We seemed to have become unbalanced since you left?
Have you got the time to explore Vathi, Kalimnos? 36 58 25N 27 01 49E.
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