This year 3 friends were heading in the same direction as us across the Aegean.
Dany & Stella on Etioile Fillant and Nicolas on Syeni.
It looked like we could be in company along the way possibly as far as Kithnos .
The plan was for short one night stops at Ikaria & Mykonos then we would head on to Siros & a bit later Kithnos.
Danny had originally planned stopping at Nisos Renia which is beautiful & deserted but with some heavy weather coming in and our description of the anchorage & lack of facilities he decided to head on with us to Siros – which in hindsight was a good move.
Ikaria was a 1st for us.
Normally we would pass to the south of its massive mountainous bulk without stopping to get some protection from the prevailing northerly winds when heading westwards. This time being early in the season and having southerly winds we sailed past the Fourni islands and then around to the north of Ikaria towards a bay at the NW. The 1st sail of the season in SW 12 knots.
7 hours & 33 miles saw all three boats anchored in Armenistas bay. The last hour was a bit turbulent but the rest of the passage was good & it was calm in the anchorage.
Having passed Fourni & approaching NE Ikaria
Almost there
At anchor & a peaceful night stil too cold for a dip though !
