9:00 a.m. start and off up to Lampi bay just under 25 miles to the north.
On the way we heard and felt really loud explosions, turned out some sort of exercise at the other side of the Aegean near the mainland, miles away !
We dropped anchor shortly before half past one. Alone again.
It’s another beautiful setting. I had attempted two panoramic shots – the 1st looks like some leviathan from the deep is surfacing but I have included it anyway.
Lampi Bay, Nth Patmos
There are two tavernas ashore . We are not sure if they are open. There is some movement but may just be the owners getting things ready for the season – looks like their houses are next to the tavernas so they maybe just doing the usual Greek coffee and chatting amongst themselves – not punters.
Anyhow it’s not worth all the palaver of inflating / launching / deflating the dinghy on the off-chance of lunch and we were both feeling a bit throaty & lethargic anyway.
Calm afternoon Lampi
A relaxing afternoon , dinner on board and earlyish to bed for the early start tomorrow pre dawn ! They are hellish to get up for but good once you are on the move. From the log I see the engine was on and the anchor up at 05:40.
No wind at all at the moment but hopefully it would fill in later from the south.
A medley of dawn shots Lampi
The planned passage The actual passage
The total distance to Kolpos Geras, Lesbos is just shy 0f 114 miles but with a likely stop at Oinousses Waypoint 3 just 75 miles away we planned to break it into two.
We had motored past Fourni, leaving it to starboard and there was still no wind. Furthermore both of us were now feeling pretty grotty with flu-like symptoms so we phoned Ioannis at Ormos Marina at Marathocampos on Samos so see if they had any space available for a few days. He would check with Stephan & get back to us – but we heard nothing (which in the end turned out to be a misunderstanding) so we continued onwards with the original plan. By the time we had reached the east end of Ikaria there was still no wind so we thought we will just go to Ormos and if they don’t have a space we will anchor outside or at Limmonias. In the event when we arrived they were expecting us neither had got back to us to confirm . LOL.
The journey looks, and was, a whole lot shorter but we still clocked up 30 miles and over 6 hours underway.
We tied up and after having to dive over the side to free the far too short lazy line warps that were wrapped around the prop ! we let Lily ashore and I lay down with the lurgie or as Louise calls it Man Flu .
Now I have never had Covid – always managed to dodge it – however we had some old test kits on board and guess what we both had Covid.
Mine as you can see is far more severe.
C-19 for the 1st & hopefully last time.
So it was a few days isolating on the boat for us, not mixing with anyone.
Lily on the other hand had won a watch – “shore time unlimited” for her.
