Well that’s the season finally underway. Yeeehah!
On 2nd June we paid our dues and said good bye to our winter home. Our 1st stop was Scala Loutra, Lesbos, just for a change, lol.
However the main reason was it’s only a couple of hours away and giving us a days opportunity to refit the “Lily Netting” in calm weather before our bigger passages northwards.
Last year the Meltemi (Prevailing NE / NW summer wind) arrived early so thoughts were it would be best to try and head the 200 miles NW towards the Khalkidhiki peninsula before it sets in permanently . Indeed the forecast was showing Northerlies in the near future.
Our route and planned passages are as shown roughly on the charts below, and similarly the places we stopped are starred on the Google Map. (This is as a result of requests from our multitude of followers …. er well eh ….Fifi.
The plan was to sail NW to the next Island, Limnos and from there to the middle finger of the Khalkidhiki Peninsula. Roughly the black line from bottom right to top left ending at the red triangle.
Unfortunately dspite having the hull cleaned by a diver, the speed log was still fouled, so that would mean a dive under the boat to clear before heading on. Hope the water has warmed up?
Lily was a wee bit stressed with the engine again but better moving about the boat. Feeling positive.
