Nisos Thira, Santorini

Minka of Southampton - Cruising Log
Edmund Wigan
Wed 13 Aug 2014 16:24
Position Vlikhada Marina
36:20.182N 25:26.120E

We had a good sail down to this special group of Islands. They surround what is or was a volcanic crater.

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Most of the buildings you can see from the sea have to be on the rim of the crater. We sailed through the middle of it all.

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The town of Thira is on the rim but it has a small port. Anchoring here is virtually impossible because of the depth close to the land. There are a few buoys which have been put in which you can tie to and run a line ashore.

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As you can see the geology is fascinating with a lot of very red rocks. There are also some very black bits.

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I didn't like the idea of leaving Minka on one of those buoys so I went around to the south coast to a marina
where I rafted up to a Canadian boat.


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More to follow.