We started the week with a bad forecast of 7bft north winds expected for Tuesday-Thursday.
It's still amazing to see how Greek times work. When they tell you they come meet you in 10 minutes, they would show up within a couple of hours.
If they tell you the laundry will be ready in 2 hours, it means it will take at least 2 hours but more like 4 hours. Anyway, after cleaning the deck, shopping for provisions, waiting for the laundry etc. we left Aegina and sailed to Russian Bay on Poros Island. You can see where it falls in the attached pictures.
We had a nice short sail to Russian bay. As you can see in the pictures, we tied the boat properly, as you'd expect knowing the forecast, and went swimming. The water is 21 degrees, which is not so bad. We had a great time in that bay, which is nicely protected from the weather.
The forecast for 9am predicted 7bft.
At 9:10, rain started and the wind started building up.
Our plan was to have a short 10 minute sail to Poros town and then maybe continue to Ermione, just opposite Hydra.
When we reached Poros, the wind was already around 25 knots, and the water around the quay looked so bumpy that we didn't feel like stopping there. We just kept going towards Hydra.
Going down wind in 30+ knots, with 2/3 jib and no mainsail, the boat did 7-8 knots.
It was a great sailing day, with very few boats and a couple of Dolphins! Yes - eventually, we had a couple of grey Dolphins escorting us and riding our bow wave.
So, here we are in Ermione, waiting for the Meltemi wind to calm down. Our original plan was to go out to the Agean and make it to Syros but most chances are that we'll stick to this Saronikos/East Peloponessos area and get back to Aegina by the end of the week.
Eyal
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