{"id":273,"date":"2013-10-25T13:30:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcushowarth.com\/?p=273"},"modified":"2022-01-07T10:02:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T10:02:27","slug":"sailing-the-cyclades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcus.howarth.eu\/?p=273","title":{"rendered":"Sailing the Cyclades"},"content":{"rendered":"

In August this year we headed to the Cyclades where we picked up Virgin Gorda II<\/em> (A Bavaria 42) in Mykonos for a week.<\/p>\n

Whereas last year<\/a> we were complaining of not enough wind, this year we discovered the Meltemi<\/a> and sometimes felt we had too much!<\/p>\n

The log (approximate wind & distances)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nLocation<\/td>\nWind (N\/NNE)<\/td>\nDistance travelled (miles)<\/td>\nNotes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saturday 17th<\/td>\nMykonos : North harbour<\/td>\n25-30kn<\/td>\n0<\/td>\nIn harbour, boarded 5pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunday 18th<\/td>\nMykonos -> South Naxos<\/td>\n25-35kn<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n9am-3pm downwind Jenny & motor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monday 19th<\/td>\nSouth Naxos<\/td>\n5-25kn<\/td>\n0<\/td>\nDay started calm, decided to enjoy beach. Wind picked up later, tender overturned & couldn’t start outboard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuesday 20th<\/td>\nSouth Naxos -> Irakleia -> Koufonisia<\/td>\n5-15kn<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n7-8.30am, lunch\/swim in Irakleia 2-5pm choppy in open water, motoring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wednesday 21st<\/td>\nKoufonisia -> Antiparos<\/td>\n10-20kn<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n10.30am-5pm, Sailing, Dolphins, calm behind islands. Got outboard working.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday 22nd<\/td>\nAntiparos -> North Paros<\/td>\n15-30kn<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n9am-2pm motoring into wind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friday 23rd<\/td>\nNorth Paros -> South Mykonos<\/td>\n15-25kn<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n7am-12pm motoring into wind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saturday 24th<\/td>\nback to Mykonos : North harbour<\/td>\n10-15kn<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n7am-9am, short hop around corner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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