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It was a nice last sailingday, we had sharp reach in the Athens-direction. In about 3 hrs we reached the Kalamaki Marina.
The Vernicos-people made a quick checkout of the boat, everything was ok.
Tommorowmorning we'll be flying home... So that was it for the Blue Cup 2009 ... A nice experience.
Grtz,
Koen and the crew
First day of free sailing, btw we ended 16th in our class.
We had a nice broad reach to Moni, an island were we anchored for an afternoon swim etc.
For the evening we moored in the harbour of Aegina.
Tommorow is our last sailing day ...
Grtz from Greece,
Kaldera's crew
Today there was no wind, so the race was suspended.
Instead the crews did a dinghyrace at Mandraki in Hydra, it was a lot of fun.
During our journey we also held a waterballoonfight between the yachts, fun fun fun...
Now we're in Poros, tonight we have a closingparty with a priceceremony.
Grtz,
Koen & Kaldera crew
Finally it was sunny and warm !
With did 2 triangurlar races between Dhokos & Ermioni today, it was nice matchracing.
Unfortunately our boat is rather a charterboat then a racer, so it's not possible to compeet for the prices for us :-(
Today we arrived 16th in our class.
Btw the sea is still pretty warm, so swimming is no problem.
Grtz,
Skipp
It was very windy today, we had a sharp reach with winds to 8 Bf, along with some heavy rainshowers, it was working day.
We ended 14th in our class.
At night we had a Vernicos-diner with a small party with
all the crews ...
Grtz,
Koen & crew
First racing day, unfortunately nearly no wind. The start with 45 yachts was spectaclurar.
It was rather a day of floating around than sailing.
At 1700h at least half of the fleet didn't get to the finish in time. So no points for today.
We had to motor to Poros in the dark, under a full moon.
Hopefully we have better wind tommorow.
Kalispera from Poros,
Kaldera's crew
Grtz from Greece,
Kaldera's crew
Left Vathi on Kalymnos at 10.15h. We had a nice backwindsail to Kos, to finish our holiday.
At 13.15h we arrived in the Kos-Marina, first we filled up diesel (137 ltrs) and than moored in the Marina.
Afterwards we visited Kos-town and his castle.
Tommorow-morning we fly back home ;-(
Grtz from Kos,
Penelope's Crew
Today first we had to motor, than had a nice sail, to finish the last hour under motor again.
At 13.30h we arrived in Vathi on Kalymnos. It's one of most beautifull small harbours in Greece. With ca.8 yachts the harbour is full, most of them are owneryachts.
Tommorow our last sailingday to Kos ...
Grtz,
Penelope's Crew
Today it's very hot, unfortunately no wind.
We motored our way down to Leros. At 13.45h we anchored in the bay of Pandeli for a swim and lunch.
At 17.00h we tried to moor in the harbour of Pandeli, but it's forbidden for yachts, only fisherboats are allowed.
So we anchored outside with a line to the rocks.
To view here is fantastic, with an castle on top of a mountain in a decor of whitewashed Greek houses.
Tommorow Kalimnos is on the program.
Adio,
Penelope's crew
Today we rented some scooters (10 Euros/scooter) and explored Patmos.
Went to the famous Monastery etc...
Patmos is a very nice and calm island.
At 17.45h we hauled anchor and set sails for Marathi.
It was a very nice halfwindsail wit average speed of 8 knots. At 19.30h we arrived in the bay at Marathi. We had diner in the Pirate-taverna, nice atmosphere.
Grtz,
Koen & the crew
We started very early at 06.00h.
It was a very long & tough journey, we had to fight our way against wind & waves.
2 times we had a brief visit from dolphins.
At 15.00h we arrived in Patmos, it was very windy in the harbour.
Had a nice diner in a local fishtaverna, with lot of freshly caught seacreatures on the menu.
Tommorow gonna rent some scooters to explore the island.
Adio,
Penelope's Crew
Today we stayed on Amorgos, rented some scooters to explore the island (price 12 Euro/scooter).
Amorgos is a beautifull island.
First visited the Monastery, it's an unbelievable masterpiece of construction.
Afterwards went to Aegali and Chora, nice Cycladic villages.
Grtz,
Koen & the crew
Today we had our longest trip, 52 N.Miles.
Because the wind was variable the motor had to accompany during this trip.
At 1600h we arrived in Katapola on Amorgos.
There are a lot of yachts on the quay, most of them owneryachts.
Tommorow we're gonna explore the island on a scooter.
Adio,
Penelope's crew
Today it was hot, unfortunately there was little wind, so the motor had to help us.
Underway we took a swim and we also saw a school of dolphins.
At 1400h we arrived in the bay of Naoussa on Paros.
First we anchored and took a swim in Ormos Ioannou.
At 1700h we moored in the marina of Naoussa, which is still under construction.
The village is a beautifull Cycladic Harbour, nice atmosphere.
Tommorow we will set course to Amorgos.
Grtz,
Koen & the crew
Today nearly no wind, so we had to motor the trip to Syros. Halfway we had the company of a dolphin, magical !
At 12.00h we arrived in Finikas on Syros. Argolis arranged for the genua to be repaired, at 17.00h everything was up and running again, nice job from the company !
For the rest it was a lazy day with swimming and relaxing ;-)
Tommorow Paros is on the program.
Adio,
Penelope's Crew
Today we stayed in Kythnos because the wind and the waves were to rough.
A German yacht who left was towed back in a few hours later, with rudderproblems, by a fisherman. So the crew was happy we stayed in Loutra today.
Tommorow our destination is Syros, Argolis is gonna repair our genua over there.
This evening we're enjoy the nice Greek food again in a local taverna ;-)
Kalispera,
Koen, Koerel, Diane, Hans, Rob, Dirk & Nadine
