Entries from 'Sailing Trip'

Day 13: Temple of Poseidon, Sounion

START: Ganama Beach, Sarifos DESTINATION: Temple of Poseidon, Sounion. Every single day during our voyage was different than the other. And most of us felt the experience was better and overwhelming than the previous one. As we were coming close to end of the journey, there wasn’t much to left in our wishlist. Some of…

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Day 12 – Ganema Beach, Serifos, Greece

Ganema Beach, Serifos, Greece Some of the best events during our sailing trip involved sailing to a beautiful, secluded beach and have a good time. We did this plenty of times, but this beach at Serifos (called “Ganema”) stands out — it was not only beautiful, but it was secluded and was far away from…

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Day 10: Goupa Kara, Kimolou, Greece

START: Ios Island, Greece DESTINATION: Milos Island On this day, we had no specific plans for any specific place. We were heading west because that’s where the wind could take us. And we reached a small Island called Kimolos, NE of Milos. This was a great surprise, and very unique place to anchor than other…

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Day 11 – Kamares, Sifnos, Greece

START: Kimolou, Greece, DESTINATION: Kamares, Sifnos, Greece We visited Sifnos Island for the second time. We were here on Day 4 at Faros, on the other end of the Island. By this time in our trip, we were overwhelmed by the Greek Island aesthetics. Any place we go makes us think that we have seen…

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Day 9: Ios Port, Greece

START: Santorini, DESTINATION: Ios Island Port. This was start of our second leg of the sailing trip. We had to change the plan and to go back to Ios Island (same place again) due to electrical problem with the boat. That was the place we knew we can get an electrician to diagnose the problem….

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Day 6-7-8: Armeni Port, Santorini, Greece

START: Ios Port, DESTINATION: Santorni Island, closer to Oia Village. Santorini was our final destination — we had to come here because this is the most majestic of all Greek Islands (at least in the Cyclades) — from the point of view of it’s unique beauty, geology or the per-historic civilization. We were also bound…

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Day 5: Ios Island, Greece

START: Faros, Sifnos Island DESTINATION: Ios Port, Ios Island Sailing all night. Ios is an Island exactly north of our final point on Cyclades – Santorini. We came here after overnight sailing and stayed the whole day and night, filled the gas, water and electricity before hitting out to Santorini the next day. The Island…

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Day 4: Faros, Sifnos Island, Greece

START: Finikas, Syros Island   DESTINATION: Faros, Sifnos Island After the last night of storm, we planned to move on to our next Island – Sifnos. We picked a very small beach town called Faros at the southern part of the Island. We started the day by moving the boat to Finikos Marina to get water,…

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Day 3: Finikas, Syros, Greece

Start: Temple of Poseidon, Sounion, Destination: Finikas, Syros Island, Greece The day when storm came — there were no predictions about the winds, but we received the text from Marcos that a wind up to 35-40 knots (nautical miles) can hit the Cyclades. 40 knots is serious wind and we did not want to take…

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Day 2: Temple of Poseidon, Sounion

START: Alimos Manira, DESTINATION: Temple of Poseidon, Sounion                           

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