Planned to leave today, but winds too strong, we woke at 05.00 hrs to 40 knots! Disappointed, we opted for a beach day. Zoe was bobbing about behind boat while we ate breakfast with the engine left attached from last evening. In front of our eyes, the wind flipped Zoe upside down (with engine ) into sea. A submerged engine, cannot be good!! Quickly we fished the engine out, rinsed off and put in sun to dry ...... she might be ok ! Deciding to row to the beach for sunbathing and swimming we packed a bag and headed off. A cafe nearby provided drinks and Internet just to catch up with everyone. The beach was beautiful, those lines of coloured sunbeds with bamboo covered umbrellas perfectly positioned and all free to use. Golden sand trickled between our toes as we made our way along this gorgeous stretch of beach. Families slowly filtering out from their holiday apartments happily waking from their nights rest ready for another day in the warm sun. We had a lovely Greek salad for lunch with fresh bread in Venus bar. Enjoyed a bit more beach then back to 'Kejstral' for a rest. Well that was the plan! We thought we would get back while the wind was settled. Once on zoe the wind decided to rear its ugly head again, just as we got going within seconds it leapt to 30 knots and took us towards 'Kejstral' really quickly. A little too quickly, as we approached Kevin grabbed 'Kejstral' by a fender but was pulled away, so much so he ended up in the sea, just to complicate matters he took an oar with him! So me on zoe alone, one oar and drifting quickly past 'Kejstral'and out to the bay mouth. I threw a rope to Kevin, who hung on whilst I paddled as fast as possible ( with one oar) Kevin managed to climb back into zoe just as a little engine powered rib arrived to tow us to our boat feeling very traumatised we clambered on board to rest.
The ordeal was enough to keep us on board, by the time evening came we felt more chilled, enjoying the antics of other boatees. We stayed on board for the rest of the evening and readied ourselves for tomorrow's passage to Amorgos.
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