{"id":4100,"date":"2013-10-18T11:39:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T11:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=4100"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:32:14","slug":"symi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=4100","title":{"rendered":"Symi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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View of Symi Harbor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Symi Harbor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Symi Harbor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Melinda (of “Sassoon”) and Laura at Symi Harbor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Melinda and Davd (Sassoon) and Mark and Laura overlooking Panormittis Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We have spent the last three nights anchored in Panormittis Bay on the southwest coast of Symi Island\u00a0 It is a lovely spot and well protected from wind and seas from any direction.\u00a0 We knew that there was a bit of a storm coming, so we decided this was the place to ride it out.\u00a0 It blew through Wednesday night and Thursday bringing moderately strong winds from the south and the first heavy rain we had seen since April.\u00a0 The skies began to clear yesterday evening the wind dropped to less than 10 knots but, just as we were finishing supper, it suddenly came up 35+ knots from the north without any warning.\u00a0 Two boats dragged anchor instantly and three more within the next 10 minutes.\u00a0 They all had trouble resetting their anchors, dragging repeatedly, and one just put to sea rather than risk grounding ashore.\u00a0 What looked like a lazy evening turned into a two hour sh*t show.\u00a0 Fortunately, Sabbatical III held firm, as did the two boats directly in front of her, and our friends on Sassoon.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, we took the local bus from in front of the monastery here to Symi town\u00a0 It was a 45 minute ride on a spectacular road winding around the mountains overlooking the sea.\u00a0 We had a good look at the harbor in Symi town and from what we saw, we would never go in there with our boat.\u00a0 It was a mess of tangled anchors, frayed tempers, and roll.\u00a0 I cannot imagine what it was like when the 35+ knots came through the next evening.\u00a0 Apart from that, Symi town is the cutest Greek town that we have seen, and the island is the prettiest.\u00a0 We had Constantino the taxi cab driver take us back to Panormittis with our bags full of groceries.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, we split away from Sassoon and head to Rhodes and then to our Turkish marina at Kas.\u00a0 It has been great to travel with David and Melinda and since they will end their season at Kas as well, we will certainly get to see them again.<\/p>\n

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We have spent the last three nights anchored in Panormittis Bay on the southwest coast of Symi Island\u00a0 It is a lovely spot and well protected from wind and seas from any direction.\u00a0 We knew that there was a bit of a storm coming, so we decided this was the place to ride it out.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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