Skiros – the Island of winds

I had this desire for many years to go visit Skiros. Skiros, is an island that on one hand belongs to the Northern Sporades but on the other hand is located in the middle of the Aegean sea, away from any other island or land. It sits in the path of the summer wind of the Aegean called “Meltemi”, and therefore the locals call it: The Island of Winds.
We decided to take our chances and use the time we have to do our way south through Skiros since the weather looked pretty good.
So we got to Skiros on Wednesday August 5th, just to find out that it was given its name for a good reason. The visible forecast, almost a week from now is for 7bft, and we need to cross the channel of Doros (between Evvia and Andros) which is known for its high seas when the Meltemi blows.
So as it looks right now, we’re changing plans and are waiting for the wind to calm down so we can sneak back north and just to enter the Evvia channel and do our way south through the bridge of khalkis and avoid all this area of bad weather.

The boat is properly moored in the port of Linaria, and we're waiting for the weather to calm down. At least it is nice and cool here...