This is a very personal log of a period of over 4 months covering several sailing trips with my boat, S/Y Thetis, in the Aegean, and a trip with my brother’s boat the Faneromeni.
- The first trip was with my brother’s boat the Faneromeni. It originated from Mitilini in the Greek island of Lesvos and ended in Istanbul, Turkey.
- The second trip was with my own boat S/Y Thetis. It originated from Glyfada, a suburb of Athens, Greece where she spends the long winter months, and proceeded to the Aegean islands of Kea, Kithnos, Syros, Rhinia, Donousa, Patmos, Agathonisi (Gaidaros), and Samos.
- There follows a period of staying ashore in our family house in Samos from where several trips were made. First, there was a short trip from Samos to the islands of Arki, and Agathonisi and back to Samos.
- This was followed by another short trip to Fourni, Patmos, Agathonisi, and Samos.
- From Samos I then took a longer, singlehanded, trip to Arki, Levitha, Astypalea, Lispi, Agathonisi, and back to Samos.
- A sixth short trip followed to Arki, Patmos, Lipsi, Agathonisi, and back to Samos.
- From Samos I started a leisurely return trip to Glyfada covering the Northern Aegean islands of Chios, Lesvos, Lemnos, Pelagos (Kyra Panayia), Alonissos, Peristera, Skantzoura, Skyros, and the Cycladic islands of Andros, and Kea.
- Finally, since my return was too early for my flight out of Greece I made a final short trip to island of Poros in the Saronic Gulf near Athens.
