So
I said good bye to Schoinousa after a very pleasant two night stay. The
weather wasn't good for heading north on Sunday so I took the day
off... you can do that when your the captain :) ... and it's been a
while since we had a real day off. Swam and then swam some more ...
wrote some emails and finally talked to my folks at home whom I've
almost abandoned with all the issues of getting out of Turkey... now
trying to repair the damage ;) ... more calls needed.
The
day was great over all, 5 hours of sailing with boat speeds of over 7.5
knots for most of it :) and maxing at over 8. It made the last two days
of engining seem like a really bad idea...and waste of money. But we
have to keep moving as we have some very special guests arriving in a
few days ... and Zim has to be in Athens.
The
idea was to get as far as I could today and make the final journey to
Athens the following day. The weather for later in the week in the
islands as seen below is not a fun trip north. While it's safe as the
islands are close together the waves are close together and make for a
wet ride. So we set off at 8am sharp.
Our second sighting of dolphins since we left Marmaris occurred at around 12pm.
They swam with the boat only for a few seconds and not long enough for
me to get my camera out :) ... usually Anne has better luck.. Other than
this is was a easy ride and we tied up single handed to the pier below
on the island of Sifnos around 4pm.
