We had been to Limnos many years ago on a Neilson RYA training holiday (they were great fun & great company) and had planned to revisit the main village of Mirina. However after we set off and transited the south end of Limnos the winds were favourable for an overnighter north all the way to Khersonissos. So that was the game plan – a 21 hour sail would get us there at dawn. It would be tiring on top of the previous two days but then we would be at our cruising area for the early part of the summer and could relax a wee bit.
Mount Athos at dusk before our overnight stint.
The holy moutain (Athos) is on the third finger and the whole peninsula is treated as a monastery. No females are allowed to set foot on it and no vessel containing females (including animals) may sail within a mile of the coast
We had left at 09:00 on the Wednesday and arrived in Ormos Sikias where we anchored off a long sandy beach, had bacon sandwiches and sleep.
Dawn arrival
Lily had seemed far more at ease too – her 1st long passage & night sail
