Skiathos town
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Fri 3 Jul 2009 15:46
39:09.89N
23:29.71E
Thursday 3rd July
2009
An 0600 start as
it's 50+ miles to Skiathos town and we motored for the first nine hours of
them! Finally, as we were off the Northern Sporades we picked up a bit of
local wind and were able to sail the rest of the way. The town quay was
choc-a-bloc as expected (we were forewarned by Stewart, a sailing friend who
runs Sapphire Yachting, a charter company based in Skiathos town). We
found a nice spot to anchor and had the hook down in no time (in contrast to
last!) We then discovered how close to the runway we actually were as a
plane thundered immediately above our heads! It was great fun watching
them take off and spotting the airline companies. Steve wanted an I-Spy
book of aeroplanes but thought it wasn't likely to be available
here!
We're glad to have
arrived with a few days to spare before Kerrie and Lee join us. We gave
Stewart a call to let him know we are here, as he very kindly said we could pick
his brains about the best places to go both locally and further afield. Later in
the month we hope our friends Rachel and Alan will join us here and we will
probably want to sail a bit further as they are experienced
sailors.