Greek Island hopping on our sailboat - Sailing from Milos to Paros - Sailing the Cyclades - Sail

Last week on Kauai we explored the stunning Greek island of Milos. With perfect weather we swam in magical turquoise water off Sagrado beach and had the island to ourselves. We also explored the underwater caves of Kleptiko and the moon-like beach of Sarikiniko which was incredible. With eight days of Southerly's forecast we pull up the hook and set sail for Sifnos and Paros. Jase gets all tangled up before we get in some good sailing and explore more amazing Greek islands. Well we've left Milos and we've got some good winds. We're sailing straight away and we're moving to sail the whole way. We've got 17 nautical miles to go to Sifnos. Yeah it's exciting, new island. Yeah and hopefully a good sail ahead of us. Someone's got his knickers and his fishing line in a knot. Nothing to say to that. It's a bit of a mess. Knickers got tangled. Don't start saying my knickers are tangled. Yours are in a triple knot. No yours are more tangled than that fishing line. Today? Well I wouldn't say today, I'd say right now. You'll get there babe. Is this meditative? Not at all. Just be in the moment with the fishing line. I'm ready to just chuck all of it in. Um no. The problem was my little Rapana which is my new lure, he bounces around and dances and dives. So I had two lures out. My squid's just chilling. It doesn't do nothing, just sits there and we're doing some sail changes and we're turning the boat around up into the wind and just mayhem. I really don't know how it got as twisted as it did. I really have no idea. Anyway, it is. It's worth it that little, such a little beauty. Maybe not. Don't listen to him. I'm ready to throw him in the drink. That's not true. Should've just kept two squids out there. They've never caused me any grief. Yeah they've never caught during a storm. Well we got here just before the storm again and we've woken up to a beautiful little town. Yeah it's uh it's pretty cool. Just little cute little places on the water. It's a bit of a shame that we didn't uh well can't really explore it. Everything's I can imagine it would be a cool place in summer time. Yeah very popular with sailors. Well considering the swell that's rolling through the entrance it was actually quite calm in that anchorage wasn't it? Yeah it was. It's really good. Baffy. Baffies are usually quite good anchorages. Yeah I wonder what baffy means. Yeah. I'm sure someone will know. Yeah we need to look that up. All right well we got a decent sail today. 13 nautical miles onto Paros and we are hoping for 13 to 22 knots today. Let's hope. For 20. Yeah because it's downwind and 20 would be great. Perfect. Yeah well we'll just get out here then uh hopefully we can throw up all the sails and just start sailing. Yep. Sure it'll be fine. What's the wind say right now? 4.7. Ah it'll change. Yep. Once we get out here. Wow it's been a long time since you've worn a jacket. Yes it has been. And it's not that cold. No. But I just like not to get too cold because then I'm cold all day. But uh we've got spray hood down as well because we want some fresh breeze coming in. And what is like today is the 6th of November. Been in shirt and shorts pretty much. So yeah we've really been very lucky. Yes. Weather gods have been uh in our favor. So what do you anticipate today is going to be like? Well it's already against what was forecast so um I don't know. I've got nothing. I don't know what to expect. So we're meant to be getting winds from the southwest and it's currently coming from the northeast. Hoping that it's just the change of wind around the island and yeah hopefully it is actually southeast once we get out here and it's at a good speed to get some speed. Yep. So what happened with Tangle? Well Tangle I cut one of the lures off so that one was fine. Just pulled the line out and re-jigged it. The second one I had to uh lose a little bit of line. It was just too much of a mess. But one of the lures is out there doing its thing and the second one is getting ready to uh you just keep telling me. Oh we're in a fishing zone. We're in a fishing zone. Yeah well we've had good luck with the fishing areas. They're marked on Navionics as fishing areas and we've. Yeah we've caught some fish. That's where we've caught all our fish. Makes sense doesn't it. Oh yeah the winds are coming. Sails are out. Sails are out. We're ready for ya. Come on. Come on. Well it's been a good sail so far. Uh winds are the winds are in our favor coming from the southwest and uh yeah we've just been pumping Greek radio. It's been a fun sail. Really fun sail. So we're uh slowly cruising towards um Paros. We've got Antiparos just here and then Paros and then we're going around the far side just to get some protection from the uh south winds which are going to be blowing for the next five days and we're going to uh anchor in Naoussa. So yeah that'll be fun. Yeah Naoussa looks really good. So uh yeah so hopefully we can just keep pumping pumping the wind through. We'll be there in a couple hours. Yeah. That's the plan. Sun's coming out. She's getting warm again. Love it. More Greek radio. Yeah. It's our cool dance. Greek radio dance. They smash plates don't they? Kitchen captain. Yes. What's going on down there? Making lunch as usual. How is it? Not too rolly? Nah. Beautiful. I've been in Anchorage. What's for lunch? Salad as always. We don't make anything too exciting do we? Nope. Just a salad. Yep. Same old. All right. Looking forward to it. Thanks. You do a great job down there. No worries. You just keep us on track. Yep. I'll keep I'll keep us away from those rocks. Yes please. These are the Portas Islets off the coast of Paros near Perugia. In the year 2000 the passenger ferry Express Semina hit them at 18 knots during strong winds reaching Beaufort 8. Semina sank within 25 minutes and 81 people lost their lives. Many of the crew members faced criminal charges. Apparently the autopilot was on but no one was watching and the port stabilizer failed to deploy. By the time a crew member realized and took action it was too late. You got a beer in your hand? That's supposed to be a photo. And you've got I've had one sip of this small amount of beer. Well it didn't take long for you to put a winch cover on your head. Shows the level on dealing with around here. It's the new style of captain's hat. Coming soon to you. It's all right guys. I'm done drinking. I'm driving this ship. As the sun began to set we finally got the 25 knots of wind we were hoping for. It was a great way to end the day cruising up the coast of Paros. The Krakers lighthouse was quite the sight and with glimpses of the white buildings of Neusa we were pretty excited. For us sailing is the best when we don't have a schedule and at this point we felt like we had lots of time to get across the Cyclades and exit Greece in time before our 90-day allowance ran out. With lots of friendly fishermen at the entrance to the bay making the most of the dwindling light we already felt at home. Anchoring at dusk with only one other boat in the anchorage was quite straightforward and we just had enough light to find a nice patch of sand. Finally we're cruising into Neusa this afternoon. Yeah she's been blowing a gale. Just over there we're behind some rock trout at the moment but Kauai is anchored. It's been blowing about 20 knots most of the day. It's perfect here. We're just going to go explore the town, take a bit of rubbish in and just enjoy this beautiful afternoon. I might be waiting a while for a drink here. Yeah that's one of the problems at this time of year isn't it? Yep everything is closed up, boarded up. It looks completely different to last time we were here. Chairs and tables and there was even a big pink flowery plant which seems to have gone as well. Yep they've gone on holidays. Yeah a few more people around. It's still beautiful. Yeah it's really nice. There were big waves crashing here too last time. It is today. We're off to provision. Yes we haven't really seen anyone or any shops in about maybe a week to two weeks so we have to pick up some of the essentials like meat, frozen stuff, water, vegetables. And we're out of beer. So we have to find a, it's called an A&B over here, a shop that we like to go to and there's a bit of a hike out of town to get there but there's nothing really that close so it's one of our activities for the day. Yes? You're keen for a Nutella crepe are you? You seem to be lingering around here. I always know that you're up for one so I just like to support you in your Nutella cravings. That is not true. It's not true? Uh no because I'm not up for one right now. Okay let's keep moving. Hello? Hey there. Here we are. Box in the wall, looks a bit small. Well we're back. We made it. It's always a good feeling when you've you're restocked. The only thing that we're not stocked with is water so we'll do that tomorrow and I might even take a little a couple of drums in to get a little bit of diesel. That's why we're crossing the cyclades. Just as a backup in case, I assume there's going to be a lot to win. Yeah. Just as a backup. We haven't really used much since we've filled her up but it's always nice to have just a couple of spares. Yes and there's not too much open in the cyclades at the moment so fuel docks probably not gonna work. No there's very few shops open at all so we if you see something open just want to stop it. Get it while you can. Plan is now we're heading to Mykonos. Yeah. Friday? Friday. In one day and then we are planning to head to Ikaria. Yeah strong southerlies on Friday so we'll use those strong winds to send us straight out that gap which is pretty well straight to Mykonos. That's pretty exciting. Yeah. Looking busy there. Yes. We've got a big day today. We're off to, well it's not that big, we've got 20 nautical miles to go to Mykonos but the winds are quite strong as they tend to be in the cyclades. We've had lots of, well the whole time it's been southerlies which is different to summer. Usually it's strong northerly, the melting but we've had strong southerlies and they're not as bad as a melting. We've got about, I don't know, I'm predicting about 25 knots. Yeah. Today. Pretty good sailing. But it should be yeah behind us so. Yep we'll follow, we'll go where the wind tells us and after eight days straight of blowing a southerly well we better head north. Yeah just gotta and we thought we'd take this opportunity to go check out Mykonos because the anchorage there is quite exposed to the northerly winds so you wouldn't get to go there very often I don't think. Yeah I reckon you're right. Yes. So we'll spend a couple of days there before we keep going. Yeah and it'll be out of season so it should be fairly quiet I would say. Not crazy party town like it can be in summer. Just be me and you on the tables. Yeah. Let's go. There's a storm coming too. Yes there is a storm coming. We want to get there before that. Every day, well three days we've sailed we've had a storm approaching us as we get into the anchorage in the cyclades so just add another one to it. Yeah we got some cargo ships anchored out in the bay so there must be pretty strong winds out there. Yeah that always concerns me a little. The cargo ships are taking shelter. You look like you fit in in Naoussa. That white jacket on. It is a very white town. It is very white. And do you know why they paint them white? No. It's a very long story. It's a long story? Yeah. Basically to keep the heat out and also to be patriotic to Greece as well. If you're interested in a little more detail the Cycladic Islands are hot with limited access to timber so the prevailing materials traditionally were from stone mud and volcanic ash based concrete. The white colour was needed to reflect the sunlight and keep the dwellings cooler. Other colours were sometimes used with the white however military governments in the past mandated that houses be painted white and blue to show patriotism and unification. So good and the engine's off. It is a great feeling isn't it? Yeah sails are up she's nice and chilled and yeah see you later Paros. Coming at you Mykonos. Your hair looks wild getting ready for Mykonos. I'm getting ready. Hello everyone. Hey guys. We've had quite a few people asking us where we are and if we're alright and yes earlier we came back to Isis and do a bit of work and now with coronavirus I'd say hope everyone's okay. Hope everyone's all good all around the world. For us we're not really sure what's going to happen this year. We're pretty sure that we're locked in and we probably won't be heading back over anytime soon. Yeah close in Turkey and we're going to bring the videos probably we've got about another six videos to bring to you over the next weeks and months about how we got to Turkey our boat. Also thanks for everyone who's subscribed we're up over 5 000 now which is awesome and yeah enjoy the video. Next on Kauai the weather presents us with the perfect opportunity to sail to the party island of Mykonos. With good winds and messy seas we leave Paros and have an enjoyable downwind sail passing the sacred island of Delos. With winter approaching we are fortunate to get the peak of the anchorage parking right at the front of Mykonos town and are spoilt with great weather. Out of season Mykonos is full of locals and only a handful of tourists. So we get a glimpse into island life meeting locals exploring the streets and enjoy an unusual night out. Thanks for watching the best way to help support us is by subscribing and if you enjoyed the video give us a like. See you next time. 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