4 to 8 Sept – Had a wonderfully lovely relaxing day at anchor in Chapel Cove. The 20 to 25 knot winds we had when we arrived continued most of the evening (you may not believe this but in the strongish wind we had to get pullovers out as we were feeling a bit cold!!!) but the wind abated a little overnight and the next day was only a light breeze. Peace and quiet was only disturbed by a boat laying his anchor over ours, then dragging down close to us and was about to re-lay his anchor again over our chain until we explained rather clearly that we didn’t think this was a great idea for us. At last he understood that in an empty bay it might be a good idea to anchor a distance apart from the only other anchored boat! Apart from this we just chilled out. Don’t actually have many days like this and it was great. Next day we had a great sail (15 to 20 knots so one reef in) around the cape and then north to Olympic Marina. Now moored up and getting jobs done (backstay adjuster serviced, shower filter cleaned, boat washed down etc etc). We plan to set off from the mainland on 13th or 14th September to cross the Aegean heading for Kos and then Bodrum in Turkey. Our route will depend on the winds but we want to stop in Mykonos as Anne is joining us in Athens and then flying back from Mykonos. Then we’ll try and make our way through the islands with reasonable day sails – hopefully F3/4 just abaft the beam (full main and gennaker sailing!!). Hope the Meltemi winds will have died down a bit by then. Let you know how the trip goes. Best wishes Iain and Helen