Cruising Samos & Patmos

Sunday night saw us anchor in Ay Yeoryious, Patmos a favourite anchorage and very peaceful. It had been a hard beat to windward.

We were running short of water and Camira needed a good clean so we headed for Samos Marina the next day. It always seems to be a good sail between Samos & Patmos a 30 odd mile passage. We were seeing speeds of 7 knots plus at times. The dolphins that visted us loved that !

After two nights in the marina cleaning up, fueling up etc we headed round to Pythagorion and anchored in the bay.

This was to be our mini cruising ground for near enough a month. Pythagorion (Samos) – Ay Yeoryious (Patmos), Agriolivadhia (Patmos), Scala (Patmos).

There are loads of pics from last year so wont repeat any views. Going into Scala , the main town on Patmos was a 1st by boat as the meltemi makes the harbour wall uncomfortable but we had a little lull in the usually strong winds. The Cyclades & Aegean weather is very strange this year.

Pythagorion 17th July

Nicolas & Mario on Camira and Agriolivadhia, Patmos 21st July

Georgio Armani’s boat & view from taverna later in day I’m wearing my white Armani T Shirt

Ay Yeoryious, Patmos 23rd July

Whilst in Ay Yeoryious we invited an English couple Alison & Dave from White Sands over for a drink “before tea”.

They arrived at 6:30PM and left at 03:30AM ! Literally drank us out of booze, lol.

Ay Yeoryious, Patmos 24th July

We also met up with Jon & Angie the couple who sold up everything and bought an Oyster 56 for their 1st boat, day skipper qualification certs ,ink not yet yet dried. Good on them. I think Jon is enjoying more than Angie though, not surprising he was in the Paras.

Scala Patmos 26th July

There have been a few as Nicolas would call “James Bond “ incidents:

1. Gordon swam to recover someone’s dinghy let loose in Pythagorion by a child hooligan and was heading out to sea. He towed it back in swimming! I can hear Diane shouting “He done a Noel”. He did get a bottle of wine for his good deed.

2. Nicolas pulled a yacht off the rocks that had lost engine power and was letting in water and got it the to the safety of the coastguard boat when it arrived. He got nuthin , lol