Molivos / Mythimna

Sunday 6^th October

Well sailing again.

We are heading 30 miles up the east coast of Lesvos and along the north to Molivos or Mithimna.

Along the way we passed inside Nsidhes Tomaria  (The island marked No. 1)  in Ormos Makris Giallos. There are many rocks fringing this bay but it was a calm day and safe enough to pass through,even so it was impossible to see some of the dangers marked on the chart.

Past Ormos Limin (No.2) a good anchorage but only in a NW, and Ormos Sikamenea (No.3) and then finally rounding Ak (Cape) Molivos to the bay and harbour of the same name.

 Views of the north coast

   The approach & harbour

We managed to squeeze in between a motor boat & a Polish Police launch. We were the only yacht there.

The lyric poet Arion (625BC) who was saved from drowning by a music loving dolphin was born here. Presumably his spirit survives as the town has developed into something of an artists’ retreat.

The town is a maze of cobbled passages winding in and out of medieval fortifications. Stone and timber houses with small wooden balconies look over the cliffs to the bay and harbour below.