Downwind sail
Our short weekend trip was without any fuel consumtion: on Saturday with light southerlies downwind north to Palionissos and on Monday with force 4 to 5 NW back to Kos.
Rescue Operation
First the good news: Ilias Taverna in Palionissos on Kalymnos now has got a new internet connection via satellite that is also available to their customers.
After arrival today with a nice downwind sail with southerlies from Kos I had to reconfigure the new network to have a separate customer and owners network.
While working on that, someone was screaming through the bay and we finally realized, the the other catamaran went off his mooring buoy and was already at the rocks.
So everyone went into their dinghys and tried to push her off to the sea. I finally jumped aboard, started the engines and took her back to the mooring buoy.
7 crews were involved in the rescue operation plus Christos and Kostas from the taverna.
Gladly nothing was damaged.
So it was time for the first swim of the season in 20° C water.
On our way to Palionissos I was stopped for the first time in my life by a Frontex boat, the European border control. Very nice and polite people I have to say. They just asked us, where we were going, that's it.
In Palionissos we we had a very hearty welcome by our friends Nomiki and Christos, and of course a great meal featuring meze and a lemon Sepia risotto.
It looks like life is going to be really tough in 2017 :)
For everyone wondering, why this post is in English: from this year on I will post in English as I have a lot of non German speaking followers.
Saisonstart
Ab sofort ist die Lady Soul wieder im Wasser.
Jetzt heißt es, alles startklar zu machen, damit ich möglichst bald auslaufen kann.
Die wichtigste Neuerung für 2017: 2 neue Motoren.
Saisonabschluss unter Segel
Bevor die Lady Soul ihre Winterpause bis Ende März einlegt, segle ich heute nochmal einhand bei herrlichstem Wetter zurück nach Kos.
Im Kielwasser folgt die zweite Broadblue 385 von Lily und Fred.
Jetzt bräuchte ich eine Drohne, um das Bild einfangen zu können: 2 BB385 unter Genaker gen Kos.
Broadblue Bay
Jetzt zum Saisonende wird es richtig gemütlich, weniger Yachten, nicht mehr ganz so heiss.
Und weil für dieses Wochenende herrliches Wetter vorhergesagt wurde, habe mich ich kurzerhand entschlossen, nochmal in meine Lieblingsbucht zu fahren, bevor ich die Saison abschließe.
Heute liegt außer der Lady Soul nur noch die Opua hier, ebenfalls eine Broadblue 385.
Jetzt benennen wir Palionissos um in Broadblue Bay.