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We made an early start today to set out for Kos. Not because we planned it, but because we were moored over the Catamarans anchor an we had to. So it meant a quick preparation, lift DTBUB on tie her down, lift the anchor, hot wire the motor and we were off. Everything went like clockwork. we left a different way than when we came in. Still had to go through a channel that had some shallow spots in it, but all went well. As soon as we moved out away from Astipaliai the med got a little rougher. The winds were around 25/30 knots, and the swells were quite close together, meaning that Brian was in his element. Up went the headsal, and we soon started getting our 7/8 knots. Fortunately we put Rodger the Dodger up before we left Santorini, so he saved us from getting soaked. To be quite honest it was just plain sailing, nothing too dramatic. We saw a few other yachts some going into the winds, (painfully slow) and some going the same way. We also came across a large ship. After around 3 hours, we reached the tip of Kos. We were a little disappointed, because as soon as we did, the wind died. I made lunch today, so I managed to scrape up some sandwiches, the girls ensured we had enough supplies. Then just as we started around the island, we saw this kids floatee in the shape of a horse character floating a 25 meters away. Poor thing it looked so lonely, but we couldn't stop to rescue it. The eastern end of Kos is very mountainous, steep and really uninhabitable. As we moved on further, a large bay opened up, and you could see some nice beaches, and reasonable size towns. The journey from the eastern end to the western tip took around 3 hours. As soon as we rounded the point for the sail to Kos Town, we were buffeted by very strong winds, and really choppy sea.'The conditions were very poor. At this stage Stuart was steering, and ding a great job given the conditions. After about a further 45 mins we were in sight of the Kos Marina. Brian radioed in on channel 77, and got told to wait at the entrance to the Marina. We were 3rd in line, and we couldn't do anything until Stavros came out in the red rubber ducky. We were keen to get inside the Marina because of the choppiness of the Med. Finally, Stavros turned up, and gave us our instructions. We were to go to pier B. We made our way, finally happy we were inside calm waters, Brian did his reversing maneuver getting assistance from one of two rubber duckies, and soon we had reversed in to the pen set aside.'The Marina people were extremely professional. The girls were waiting for us on the pier, and it was good to see them again. (and we had done all the washing up on the way over so we were quite pleased with ourselves) Finally it was time to hook up the power, and Oh no, we had left the extension lead adaptor in Santorini. Damn! I decided to go up to Admin to see if we could get a lend of one. By this time Brian and Di had booked in. I did get one, but we still couldn't get power, so that is why you never got the blogg last night. I had a flat battery. So there is only one thing you can do in times like this, and that is sit down on the back of the boat and have a few drinks. Then as we were a chap came along and saw our Australian flag, and he too was from Fremantle. He had a boat with a German flag (daughter lives in Germany), and he has been sailing around this area for about 2 1/2 years. Living mainly in Marmoros in Turkey.
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