Planning the escape.

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Thu 30 Jul 2009 17:24
39:50.5N 25:07.8E


Wednesday 29th July

And still the wind is blasting from the North!

Entertained Belinda and Manny from La Liberte for coffee this morning whilst
they inspected Serafina. The plan is to go round to our favourite bay later
this afternoon when the wind is due to ease for a while. There appears to be
a sort of window for the crossing to Lesvos tomorrow, but this may turn out
to be an illusion!

Sat around rather frustrated all day waiting for a lull. We gave the deck
another rinse to get rid of the latest grit deposits and finally slipped our
lines and headed off round to the bay (Parlou) on the south side of the
island around 5.30pm. Arrived to find it still blowing old boots, but we at
least knew our way around this bit of sea bed and dropped the anchor first
time onto a good bit of sand and got a good set. The bay itself is a
beautiful setting and so when the sun went down and the wind dropped, we sat
out in the cockpit and rued the fact that we couldn't just stay here for a
few more days. But we have to escape from Limnos sometime soon....