Feeding the fish.....

Yasis from the island of Kos, a stones throw (6 miles) from the turkish coastline. Its a different experience sailing between two countries. Its a wet and cold afternoon not exactly what i remember Greece to be but then again its not quite summer yet. Strangely enough yesterday was quite sunny and warm and i even braved a freezing dip! So this is the final stop for our delivery of the yacht 'Dimitris' .

Like i said in the last post its just me and the head skipper, Frank from Germany on a boat that sleeps 8 people, sweet! Most importantly Frank has aa great sense of humor and is easy going for a German. He's 'cracked me up' with some of his stories including how he 'crashed' a German mafia dinner party and flirted with the 'bosses' girlfriend and claims he didn't know either. He has also told me some classic stories about the misadventures of one of the skippers from last year. Lucky for all this guy isn't coming back this year. Frank is also a great sailor who knows his stuff. This week was meant to be a training week but none of the other skippers could make it so we've basically been cruising around eating and sampling the local vino! Frank has shared a few useful tips and made sure i know how to sail and go in and out of the sketchy Greek harbors. Its taken us 4 days to get down here. We've checked out the islands of Siros, Amorogos and Kalimions and a few other spots. The islands are looking great with their white houses and blue churches, picture postcard perfect as ever. Even better without the loads of tourists that will arrive in the next few months. I have to keep reminding myself i'm getting paid (including a generous food allowance) to do this. Though on our first day out of athens we had 35kt winds and short and lumpy seas. I had my first ever real taste of sea sickness and ended up 'feeding the fish'! So far this was a one off and hopefully it will stay that way!!

Thats pretty much it. Tomorrow we're catching the overnight ferry back to Athens and on Friday will deliver the 2nd boat. Expect that to take 4 or so days.

Ok its now Wednesday and i'm about to post this. The sun is out today and it feels almost like summer. Have to say Kos is super kitschy package touristy but one thing i like is their is a bike hire place on almost every corner so is great to see all shapes and sizes of tourists out pushing pedals!

Now in Athens, net troubles and couldn't post yesterday.
Just got off the ferry. Good trip and even slept. Hardly anyone on the ferry..

Enjoy the pix.
D.