Lemnos bound

We were waiting on suitable weather for the bigger trip back down to Lemnos and it looked two days hence.

We had the option of sailing direct from Ralucca Beach near Ouranopolis on the mainland where we had moved to from Amouliani (Option 1) or returning back south west to Sykias first shaving 10 miles of the bigger trip to Lemnos.(Option 2)

Option 1 . (and Xerxes be damned)

Option 2.

The gamble was that Sykias can, as you have seen from a previous post, have a bad swell entering the bay.

In the end we took the chance and headed 21 miles back down to Sykias. It was rolly but not too bad, phew.

We are now very, very low on stocks and originally we thought of the pizza bar on the beach road, but neither of us could be bothered with inflating & then deflating the dinghy as we were both tired and an early start was planned for the next day.

A delightful dinner of pasta and tinned tuna, Mmmmm I hear you say (apparently one of Harry’s favourites.) followed by, I believe, the last available glass of wine and bed.

06:30 and the wind looked great on the forecast for a one tack sail all the way south but after starting really well it died and we ended up motor sailing 8 hours of an 11 hour passage in sometimes 2m beam on rolly swell – yeeeeuch.

Leaving Sykias 06:30 and Mt Athos.

57 miles later at 17:30 we were anchored in Myrina just off the beach in our usual spot. To be honest I anchored a wee bit too close to an Italian yacht and so after inflating the dinghy Louise went ashore for some basics to see us through until morning i.e. wine & gyros kebabs and I stayed aboard to anchor watch.

As it turned out we were ok and anyway makes a change from the normal practice of Italians crowding us, lol.

The harbourside was full of boats and a number in the bay anchored along with us.

Myrina harbour and castle, always a lovely sight