06:45 Departing Scala Loutra heading waypoint #2 on chart.
Lily knows the engine is about to start and heads for her”tent” under the boom.
07:45 Mainsail now up with 2nd reef just in case. Log fixed but possibly a loose connection at the sender.
10:00 As expected the wind veered. Now motor sailing, swell picking up and is a lot bigger by 12:00 and on the beam to boot, a real pain, but still not enough wind to sail.
Eventually at 12:45 we can sail and it turns out to be a good sail in 18 kts of wind but an absolutely amateurish parking fiasco at the end in Mandraki harbour, chipped the aft corner, going along side, aaaargh!
Saw NATO warship coming out of Chios channel as we were going in.
Think log over reading a wee bit, will need to calibrate it later.
47.6 miles in nine & a half hours.
Mandraki very quiet, that is, until the one and only bar started belting out music till the early hours. Think there were 2 people in and probably staff.
Still don’t understand some of the sailing jargon but it looked lovely. Wonder if Lily is missing her pals.xx
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