The last days in “Another Day in Paradise” are always busy ones. Louise being Louise insists on a deep clean while I am busy shuttling back & forwards to the marina loading the boat. I got back from one of my shuttle trips to find Louise performing acrobatics in the bathroom! lol.
Nice to see the young ones enjoying themselves AND I had to make my own coffee.
This year, as last, we couldn’t stay in the marina due to the pack of unsupervised stray dogs that roam there and chase the cats. It’s a pity because it would make the start of the season a bit less frenetic for us & the cat. That said we decided just to stay in the house later that night, which allowed us to have our tea & watch the final of Masterchef into the bargain. We finally decamped onto the boat at around 10:30 that night in preparation of the usual morning getaway.
After a quick skoot around to Pythagorio for torch & batteries that we had forgotten, we left the hire car at the marina for Yiannis or Fotis to pick up, and off we went on the massive passage of 7 miles to Posidonio.
Leaving Samos Marina
On passage
It was a nice day with us sailing all but 15 minutes at the start and the end. It’s always good to get everything tried & tested and we did have a shiny new windlass and anchor chain to try out. We also tried the Bluetooth earpieces that Louise “suggested “we should use for my deafness to cut down on the Blue language – surprisingly not bad in operation, just a wee bit of a lag , however we will need to remember not to shout as well!!! lol
Since leaving the yard in Samos town we have had 10 full days kitting out the boat and the paraphernalia of what is a full flitting from the house. We both found it a bit more exhausting this year and so were looking forward to a relaxing day at anchor, but I ended up footering with one thing after another and eventually settled down at 15:00
Initially we had the bay to ourselves but later on an Italian boat arrived around to join us.
Posidonio, Samos. It’s a lovely spot but will be bunged in July & August
Nothing was open yet ashore so just a quiet night aboard – which was the plan in any event to get Lily to recognise the boat as home again after 5 months in cat disneyworld.
Next morning Louise had her 1st dip and foolishly I tried it too – brass monkeys doesn’t cover it!
The cat sensibly did what cats do – catnapped.
Season 2023 now officially underway…………….
