Captain Chaos here again
On Monday 12th September 07:00 we set off on what was to be our longest passage yet.
As it turns out it was a mega motor; 300 miles, 55 hours , 2 nights at sea.
Just for a change I have lifted some excerps from the blog to give a flavour.
Day 1
08:00 Heading down towards South Zakynthos,log fouled again,considering going over side to clear.
19:00 Hoisted radar reflector and changed courtesy flags, prob too early. Wine in fridge to cool , Chilli for tea.
23:40 Bow navigation lights out replaced bulb.
24:15 Buzzed by spotter plan, came inlow and circled twice. At 1st thought nav lights a fast ship !
Day 2
04:00 Thunderstorms ahead , moderate seas on beam, uncomfortable, log working again!
12:00 Full main helps a bit but not enough to sail.
14:10 Motor sailing but wind dropping, refilled with diesel, buzzed by spotter plane again.
18:00 Engine a bit noisy thin oil / tappets?
Day 3
05:00 Altered course to avoid tanker crawling 1.5 kts
14:00 Arrived YC Lakkios , Syracuse
After a wee sleep we had a brief excursion ashore to get fed and a quick lookaround
Well looks like its here for winter then. Distance logged 1933 ish miles.
This will be our last sailing blog of the season.
Bye for now
Zakynthos, Greece to Syracuse, Sicily
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