Before leaving Samos we nipped round to the marina to fuel up then made our way to Ormos Agriohio on Nisos Fournoi twenty five miles away. It turned out to be a lovely spot with only us and Nicolas on Syeni in the bay. A quiet night was had by all as we were up at sparrow fart to do the sixty miles to Nisos Rineia, a small island three miles from Mykonos.
Preparing to anchor
At anchor with Nicolas just aft
With very light winds it was a motor job all the way to Nisos Rineia. However, the dawn start was beautiful and very peaceful. Well, that was until Nicolas passed us playing Valkyries throught the VHF at full blast as he passed us. That certainly woke us up as did the dolphins swimming in our bow wave a couple of times throughout the day. It’s always lovely to get a visit from them.
Dawn after leaving Nisos Fournoi
Passing Nisos Ikaria
Dave and Iain arrive in Mykonos next week and we were hoping we could meet up with them. However, the weather ahead isn’t looking great and we could get held up and miss the weather window for getting further on and out the way of the Meltemi. We will monitor it and see how it goes, but not looking promising.
Slowing down to dodge the traffic
Mykonos
We anchored in Ormos Skhinou, a beautiful bay on Nisos Rineia. Honestly, the water is crystal clear and so so blue. The island is more or less uninhabited, only a few people who do a bit of farming and shooting live here now.
Rienia is separated from the Island of Delos by a channel 1 km wide. In the channel there are two rocks, rather than islands, which are called the little Rematiaris and the big Rematiaris. You will find the ruins of an ancient Greek temple and a Christian church dating back 1900 years. Delos was the spiritual centre of the whole Aegean sea. The Athenians made Delos their sacred island. This meant that no one should be born or die on the holy island so they opened all the graves of Delos and transferred the bones of the dead into a huge hole in Rienia.
