We had a good sail to Patmos in 10-18 kts on a beam reach most of the way and almost right into Ayios Yeoryios bay, but not quite.
We had a nice relaxing week here with Nicolas enjoying our usual swims,aperitifs coffees etc. A taxi into town a couple of times for dinner and for Gordon to have his last pizza in Patmos.
Final aperitifs Patmos
14th Sept we made our way back to Samos, Gordon got the fishing rods out but not much luck, he caught one but it was small so we put it back. Maybe we’ll get it next year when it’s a bit bigger.
The only fish of the season Cats waiting on same in Samos.
We went into the bay in Pythigorion which was very busy for September, so we moved into the harbour after a couple of days. Susan is out in the Ionian just now on a flotilla holiday. She’s skippering the boat which I know she’ll do a great job of, It’s just a pity it’s too far to meet up.
Skipper Susan
We left Pythagorion on 21 September after fuelling up in the marina. This is us now trying to head North to Chios then Lesvos for the winter. We moved up to Posidonion as as our starting off point waiting for a weather window to go North. No easy task in the Aegean where the prevailing winds are from the North. On the 28th September we had to move back to Samos and go into the marina to avoid Medicane “Sara.” Trip to Chios is cancelled for obvious reasons.
Brian and Sara have moved into the marina and that’s them settled for the winter. Bob and Andrea are also going there for winter, we just thought it might be a bit quiet as Pythagorion is a holiday town and more or less closes down over winter.
We put our time in the marina to good use, we got the thermostat on the fridge replaced and resealed the windows before the winter sets in
Rubbing shoulders with Danny Craig in Pythagorion…well his lookalike anyway – and didn’t he know it ! lol.
On 1st October after Medicaine Sarah bypassed Samos, thankfully, we moved up to Posidonion as our starting off place for Chios. There was only us and Nicolas, not the usual mayhem you can encounter there with the Turkish boats. It was lovely and allowed us to have a few farewell aperitifs to Samos.
Medicaine “Sara” delayed our planned departure a while .
Final visit to Klima 22nd Sept
“Winter is coming” Monday 1st Oct. Posidonia big difference from 3 weeks ago !
Final aperitifs before heading North to Xios & then Lesvos
