Aegean and Poros
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Mark & Helen Syrett
Fri 10 May 2013 06:04
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37:30.105N 23:27.235E
The decks were given their final
sanding
 and the finished decks were much
admired
 We then set sail for Greece ----we made our port of
entry Rhodes in order to meet up with Ian Feasey (Henry's best man)
 Rhodes is a medieval city with an inner city within
the castle walls
 and a moat
 We left the following day for Nisos Tilos a small
island in the Dodecanese
 a pretty chapel on the hill
 Helen went ashore via ''the plank'' for provisions
and returned fully laden
 however the trip back across the plank was not so
successful----a 'corker' was the result shining in all it's glory the following
morning
 Astipalaia was the next island where we
arrived in the dark after a gruelling day at sea beating into a head wind and
boisterous seas. Dawn revealed a very pretty town
 a fort on the hill
 we moored alongside the quay out of the way of the
ferry
 so much safer than using the plank! The eye was
getting better
 In order to try and get a better westing we made an
overnight passage to Nisos Sifnos where we anchored and had breakfast and a
shower
 before moving on in the afternoon 15 miles to Nisos
Serifos in order to have a better angle on the wind and a shorter distance for
the next day's sail.
The following morning, after a night of
catabatic wind, we set sail and found that we were able to make Poros
on one tack as the wind veered, as forecast, to the north. A pretty island and
town.
Tom, Nadine, Yannick and Katinka arrived on the
hydrafoil from Athens having flown down from Paris.
 They have rented a lovely apartment high up above
the town---fine if you are a mountain goat but more challenging for a family
with two youngsters, push chairs and suit cases! We had a day out on the boat on
Thursday and motored over to an anchorage for lunch and a swim. Katinka had a
snooze on the way
 and Yannick was soon testing the temperature
of the water
 before taking the plunge
 followed by a light lunch (he ate the whole bowl of
pasta)
 whilst granny looked after Katinka
 we returned to Poros but this time moored alongside
and Yannick took himself and his biscuit up to the bow to reflect upon his busy
day
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