We sailed for a few hours Northwards towards Lipsi but it was hard going with the wind on the nose. However, it was good to put a bit of effort into it. We knew Bob and Andrea were there, they were anchored farther in towards the village, but the water wasn’t just as clear there so we dropped anchor in the bay further South, Ormos Sokora, beside the wee chapel. It meant a 20 minute walk into the town but it was a nice walk past a couple of beaches.
We met up with Bob and Andrea in the village. Brian and Sarah from Kalamata were here as well, although Sarah had gone home as her mum is very ill. After picking Brian up we headed off for a beer and a catch up. While sitting there Margaret and Patrick, friends more of Bob and Andrea, but we’d met them also in Leros came by so it was quite a wee gathering which went on for a few hours. It’s always good to meet up with people and find out where and what they’ve been up to.
Lipso, or Lipsi as most people call it is very nice. I’d imagine it could be quite busy earlier in summer but it was very quiet while we were there. It has a small harbour which you can moor up at, we didn’t bother as the anchorage was safe and very quiet. The village is built up into the hillside which we climbed up and you can see all the way over to the other small bays where you can anchor in. They, however, were quite full and much further to walk to the village.
We were supposed to have met up with Nicolas somewhere for out full moon midnight swim but it didn’t happen for one reason or another. However, some of us, me, still kept up the tradition, Gordon backed out.
What a beautiful full moon it was!
We left Lipso on 27 August for Samos where we were meeting Dave and Iain. We had a great sail after we passed Agathonisi all the way to Samos,the wind as usual just came from nowhere, great though.
