We
had a lovely dinner last night at the fish restaurant we went to last year with
Jonnie and Marion. We treated
ourselves to Lobster spaghetti (really crayfish). We had a small crayfish and it wasn’t much more expensive
than an ordinary meal. I was also
able to get a loaf of bread so I can make sandwiches to eat under way.
The
plan was to go to Naxos and then tomorrow on to Mykonos. But when we got up and Richard looked
at the weather and said he thought we should go directly to Mykonos. The wind would be behind, we would save
16 miles overall on the trip and tomorrow the trip from Naxos to Mykonos would
have the wind on the nose.
So
that is what we did. We started
out just before 8:30, somewhat later than ideal, but then we only decided at
the last minute. The wind did not
play nicely all the time. At first
we had a beam reach of 10 knots while we were in the lee of Amorgos, then there
just wasn’t any wind. It did
eventually come around and we motor sailed to keep up the speed as we needed to
go 45 miles! By lunch time it was
more or less behind and blowing a force 4. Still, we motor sailed and did very well making over 6 knots.
The
weather is better. There is still
a fair amount of cloud, but it is thin and patchy. The breeze keeps it fairly cool and comfortable. As we approach the island of Mykonos
Richard decides to change the itinerary a bit. The plan was to go to Mykonos marina, but that will take us
until 5 or 6pm. So Richard has
identified a bay closer to where we can make it by 4pm. So that is where we go. I pointed to the depth gauge which
wasn’t reading correctly and Richard went below to reset it. Then he forgot to reset the autopilot
and wound up in the bay next door which is full of super yachts, but then find
Ormos Ornos. It is a lively bay
with a big beach lined with beach front hotels and parasols with beach
loungers. There are a number of
anchored boats. We find it a bit
puzzling to decide where to anchor.
R goes much closer in to shore than the other boats, but it is still
fairly deep - 7 meters. We were
worried we might be in the way or local boats who clearly have private mooring
buoys, but we seem to be fine.
Local boats have waved at us and no one has complained.
We
planned to get to Mykonos on our first trip starting in June but the Meltemis
wouldn’t let us. Now we have made
in a three days.
I
finally begin to feel hot and for the first time in several days I have a nice
swim. Richard tries to see the
anchor but says although he can see where it has gone down, he can’t see the
anchor itself, which we hope means it is very well dug in.
The
place is very lively. They are
playing pop music all the time and there are a lot of people around. I can’t be bothered to go ashore. I did all the shopping I needed for
today last night. So we just stay
on board. We hope that with all
the noise we will be able to sleep.
Well, we always knew this was a party island and so far it is living up
to it reputation.
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