We have decided to go the Kos. The weather report isn’t bad and it will be a safe haven if the wind does get up on Sunday as threatened. I am wakened very early by the boat rocking terribly. However, I must have gone back to sleep, because next thing I know it is 8:30 am. We had thought we should leave early, but we must wait for the Luries to get up because they left some gear in our dinghy last night and they have Richard’s camera which they thought they might have a charger for.
So while we wait we phone Kos marina. They can do us a berth but we must turn up no earlier that 3 or 4pm. So there is no rush for us to leave. So we take things easy. We see the Luries in their cockipit, so R goes over in the dinghy and returns their things. Regrettably they have been unable to charge R’s camera.
We eventually set off just after 10am. The beginning of the journey is fine. There is a bit of wind through the Leros Strait, but we expected that. We only have Genoa up and we are motoring. Then the wind drops so we need to motor but the sea gets very lumpy and the boat is doing that awful corkscrew motion that makes me sick. A little belatedly I take a pill and just about manage until the sea flattens out. So basically the whole trip was a boring motor of 5 hours. We get to Kos just within their time scale and are put on a pontoon which is full of charter boats and is quite far from the toilets, regrettably.
We go to the chandlers. They can do us a full gas canister which fits our system, so that is good. The lady is also certain she can do crotch straps for our life jackets. However, when we try they we find the clip fitting don’t match, so we are back at square one with that problem.
We have an iced coffee at the café and then finally rather late make our way into town for dinner. Back at the boat and now it is 11:30pm and we really are tired. However, it is getting very warm and I am not sure I will be able to sleep.
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