We had a few days after Sigri to get to Limnos, some 50 miles in a North Northwesterly direction. Of course, the grib files (computer models that show the weather several days out) showed only Northerlies for the next few days, with the wind speeds increasing from the high teens to the high twenties in the gusts over the next few days. So we picked June 19 for the upwind slog and we will never know whether that was a good pick among the bad ones possible. The gribs gave us some hope that it would be a reach but once we were free of the local influences of the island of Lesbos, we could no longer lay our target on Limnos, the fjord of Mouros, requiring a number of tacks at the end of the day. On top of that, this area of the Aegean has a SW setting current, pushing us to the West and creating some bad chop. So suffice it to say it was not the Admiral's favorite day on the water. But we had to get to Limnos by the 22nd to pick up our niece Lina.

The anchorage on the South side of the town of Mouros (around a couple of capes) had beautiful turquoise water, nice scenery and great swimming. So we stayed a day and explored the somewhat distant town of Mouros by dinghy. The excursion one evening to Mouros from the anchorage to go to a taverna for dinner was a bit marginal, however. Two miles coming back in the dinghy in the pitch dark around a couple of headlands and trying to find Kincsem again was not easy so we were happy to see Kincsem's anchor light, finally.

On Nicki's birthday it was rainy and overcast so we decided to pick up anchor and sail to Myrina, the main town on Limnos. Good choice. The wind was now in the right direction for us and when we got to Myrina, the setting of the harbor was spectacular. It is right underneath a medieval fortress which we explored the next day. And the town is picturesque as well and has some good vegetable stores. So the Admiral recovered quickly from the rigors of the upwind battle a couple of days before and enjoyed her great day!