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Another 50p in the Wind Meter

Phil and Sara kindly invited me to join them for a week on Grace pottering around the NW Aegean and I flew out last Wednesday to join them in Skiathos. There was a hell of a blow on that day and into the next day; pushing well into 30 knots.

And that was it.

Since then there has been almost no wind so the lesson appears to be: I must not be greedy and use up all the wind on the first day of my holiday!


However no wind does enable you to see some places and moor up in some tiny inlets that would otherwise be impossible with the Meltemi blowing as usual. We anchored beam-on across an inlet in the Maritime Park of Alonnisos and ate Phil's Thai Curry.

The next morning we spotted a turtle - something we would not have been able to see if there was any more than a ripple on the water. It was good to see that the maritime park seems to be having a positive effect on the wildlife.

We then motored down the north of Nisos Alonnisos and anchored where the sea bed sloped so deeply that we felt we were almost on the beach. The beach that offered the most perfectly rounded stones as the result of the normal beating it would get from the waves.

We've continued to motor round the Sporades, taking advantage of the beautiful weather and the benign conditions, but if you're dreaming of sailing with Phil and Sara, bring some wind with you or at least 50p for the Wind Meter.

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