39:52.5N  25:00.3E

19^th – 26^th June

Zoe and Jamie joined us for a week.  We first met Jamie when Mike was working at Faro Sailing School and Jamie did a couple of courses there.  Since then Jamie has trekked with us in Tibet and sailed across the Atlantic with Mike.  Zoe had never sailed before.

They flew to Limnos and followed instructions to take a taxi to the harbour and look for the boat with Tibetan prayer flags on.  As soon as we put them up the couple on the boat next to us said how lovely they looked and put theirs up!  We were not expecting to see too many other boats who knew what they were let alone had some with them but every few weeks someone recognises what they are and that was the second boat we have come across which has them on board.  Needless to say, given that they knew the name of the boat, it wasn’t too much of a challenge to identify which one was us.

All my pictures of the week seem to have been taken in bad weather, indeed we hit a heavy squall at one point but only for half an hour or so.  Mostly there wasn’t enough wind to sail by so Jamie and Zoe’s experience was a bit of exciting sailing and a lot of time motoring.

This squall passed us by but we kept a close eye on it while it did so......

And once again, Zoe and Carol with rain jackets on.

We had a fantastic week though and are delighted they are coming back in September when, we hope, we will have some proper wind for some proper sailing.