Silent night

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Sat 5 Sep 2009 18:44
Saturday 4th September.

Cannot remember a quieter night all summer. Absolutely still air in a
deserted bay on an uninhabited island.

7.30 am the peace is shattered by the arrival of a 20ft sports rib with 8
young Greeks on board shouting and playing loud music. They anchored at the
head of the bay and seem intent on ensuring that they do not go un-noticed.
Sarah simply observed that it was Saturday and they were probably only the
first of many today. She was of course right, but we were fortunate today as
not many boats joined us.

Launched the dinghy and discovered that it was rather better than me at
fishing... On our way over to Kos a few days ago, we had taken one very
large wave right over the boat and this had put a load of water into the
dinghy that we had tied on deck the right way up for a change. This wave had
included 4 small fish that were then trapped in the dinghy!

Another still hot day but the forecast promises a return to the winds again
on Monday when we should be in Bodrum, although the marina there refused to
reserve us a berth as they are currently full and waiting for some boats to
leave. We will try again tomorrow and if the situation does not change, we
will head for Turgutreis and arrange to pick up Tom from there.