Kithnos

Yet another cracking sail today under way just over 6 hours and only 40 minutes on the engine. A consistent 18 to 20 kts which meant that the forecast 0.6 m waves were more like 1.0 m .

Ormos Fikhiada is a beautiful isthmus on Kithnos and you can anchor either side depending on wind direction. There is also a protected area just east off the beach that we have used in the past. This year though the three of us are in the south bay (right hand side below)

I have a beautiful dawn video of the three boats in the anchorage but it has been vastly surpassed by the “Spielberg” production from Danny using his drone for flyby shots and beautifully edited. Yet again I can only show stills from the visit.

Sunset from the south

While here both Nicolas, myself & Danny took turns wearing his diving hose apparatus and cleaning his hull. He had recently got it copper coated in Samos but isn’t happy about the performance. The water was still cold but between us we managed to complete the whole underwater section in an afternoon.

This was where the plan was for us to split. Danny & Stella off to Kea on route to Athens to meet some friends before returning their normal summer sailing in Turkey. Nicolas and ourselves were heading south to Paros via a return stop in Siros. Thereafter he would returning to Siros to pick up GM people who were coming for a week or so’s paid holiday on his boat, and we would continue south.

Well, it’s probably been coming for a while ……………………….

Everyone has been considering their respective naval navels, LOL. We are all of the opinion that we have been lucky to have seen the best of Greece what with massive rental catamarans now regularly taking up all the space and the busyness and heat of July & August we are all thinking it’s coming to the end. Nicolas in particular has just about made up his mind this is his last season and will put Syeni up for sale. He is wistfully visiting his favourite haunts in preparation and getting me to take pictures of him with Syeni in the background.