Kithnos

We were both awoken at 2am to the noise of really loud music and people partying hard at the bars in town. We finally gave up sleeping around 5am and decided to get an earlier start than usual. Even while we were pulling anchor at 6am in the pre-dawn light they were just showing signs of slowing down. I even got a glimpse of our Dutch lads stumbling home and really having to negotiate the passerelle so they didn’t take an unexpected swim. It’s probably ok that we never got that beer to them.
We were happy to be on the water in the peace and quiet. Well, except for the sound of our diesel engine. The morning was amazing with the water like glass for most of the day. I took advantage of the calm and finally got the last of my varnishing projects done! Afterwards, we were both able to take turns at napping to try and make up for our lack of sleep last night. And it was so calm that I was able to have the laptop in the cockpit for my ‘watch’ and multi-task with keeping an eye out and writing the blog. The day sped by and we were anchored in Kithnos before we knew it. We found ourselves with the whole afternoon and Mike worked on some final projects in the head in preparation for the Pereras arrival. Finally the work was done and we were able to swim and lounge in the shade of our cockpit. Have I mentioned how nice our new cockpit is? We really don’t know how we managed before with that low steel roof, steel seats and no shade. No wonder we were always so exhausted at the end of a day being on the water. We were probably spending all of our energy trying to hide from the sun.
As the charter boats started to pour in and struggle with anchoring and taking lines to shore, we we were on top of the world. Here we are styling in our own boat, listening to music and finally enjoying all we have work towards. It couldn’t have felt any better. Before bed we took a quick swim in the twilight and then took a rinse in our shower with a new filter in place. But here comes another buzz kill. The water pump wasn’t draining the pan and it looks like the filter may have been placed one shower too late. Shit again. A little worrisome that we are going to have 3 others on board and not have a shower or rinse to offer. Oh well, gotta push onward.

Naxos rages on pre-dawn

Our cozy cockpit

Mike chillaxin