Sounion to Kea

by The Philosophical Fish

A little groggy this morning. Flat calm out there and a lovely little cove complete with an old chapel on the side of the hill, hence the name of the cove.

Today was really rather uneventful…thankfully. We headed out of Chapel cove at around noon and pulled up the sails. We had a beautiful tack taking us straight on our intended course. The winds finally died on us and we motored for awhile. The wind came back, and we sailed, the winds dies and we motored, the wind came back and we sailed, the winds died, and we motored. That’s kinda how the day went. We spotted a pod of dolphins about a mile off of the anchorage (Ormos Kavia on the Island of Kea) that seemed to be far too well hidden. We thought we had the anchorage all to ourselves, alas, several other boats showed up a few hours later. Unhappy with our original anchoring job we pulled out a second anchor and dropped a stern anchor via dinghy…. pretty much the end of the day. Had a great meal, a glass of wine, watched the sun set…..MUCH more relaxing than yesterday!

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