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Koufos to Thessaloniki

July 27, 2017 Captains Log, Our Travels

Well it was just as usual – the wind turned around 02h00 and the anchor dragged – oh what a surprise! I’m getting used to the sleepless nights but to be honest getting pretty sick of them, and can’t wait to get our new Mantus anchor when we get to Thessaloniki. This time, we have planted the anchor on a sand patch among the weed, so of course when it rotated it has ended up in the weed. We didn’t have to re-anchor, as it did catch – at least enough, since we have only about 10 knots of wind. I spent the rest of the night fitfully sleeping, up and down checking what was happening. Actually, Wednesday turned out …….

Alonnisos to Kyra Panagia

July 23, 2017 Captains Log, Our Travels

Ormos Tzortzi ended up not being as bad as I thought it would be – fortunately the swell rolling in was from passing boats so it did die down in the evening and we ended with a calm night. When we woke in the morning it was very pleasant – it was almost a shame to leave but we need to make tracks to get to Thessaloniki on time – although the weather forecast looked completely clear for the next week when we looked yesterday, there are now some windier conditions coming in the day after tomorrow so we don’t want to end up getting stuck or having to sail in bad weather! Still, we took it easy in the …….