36:37.11N 26:24.24E

Out of the anchorage at 09:00 while the Germans took a morning bath and shower off the stern of their boat.  Not the warmest time but they toughed it out.  Again crept out of the anchorage watching the depth meter.  No issues but every time it starts to get shallower you never know.  The rocks here can be 20-30 feet high underwater.

Just a side note on Amorgos, there is a nice small town and harbor that we did not visit.  There are ferries to the island and it is getting more tourist but it is still deserted overall and has high hills with cliffs along the water.  Very pretty.

The trip to Astipalaia was again not the smoothest.  The seas were on beam again with some wind that died.  So again I did not raise any sails to prevent the slamming of the boom.  We made for the western point of the island heading for a larger anchorage than we have last night and was supposed to have a couple of areas for good anchoring.  There is one large rock to avoid at near the entrance otherwise no issues.  When we finally got there after 5 hours of motoring we poked into the anchorage.  The entrance was 200 feet deep with rock walls.  As we went in there were two boats already at anchor.  But looking at the depth we were still recording and the rocks walls our experience tells us the bottom will have little sand to set the anchor.  Also since it is near a cape the winds are higher.  We just turned around and left and headed for a nearly fully enclosed anchorage further up the island.

This anchorage would be great if we can get thru the inlet without hitting bottom.  The Pilot guide says 3 meters.  The charts give the shallowest at 2.8 meters with deeper water on the northern side.  We entered along the north side and got thru with 19 feet of water (5 meters).  As usual the depth data is not accurate here but this time to our advantage.

Once inside it is like a lake.  Three other boats were anchored at the southwest end trying to get some wind protection.  We chose the northeast end since the wind will never make enough waves in this small a place to bother us.  Dropped anchor in 7 meters water with 50 meters rode out.  Nice sticky mud bottom so good holding and that translates into a sound sleep at night no matter what the winds are like.

Again the goats bleating and their bells gave some nighttime music.  Very peaceful with only a few houses and what looks like a small limestone quarry and kiln that was no longer in use.

Looking southwest from our anchor spot

Looks like a limestone kiln but maybe iron was involved.  Anyway the goats did not care.