Firstly, here is the promised picture of Art Deco Lakki. Totally different to anywhere else around.

Today we sailed to Lipso. Much more the small town we are used to.

This Meltemi wind is interesting, the direction is constant but the strength varies day to day. This far North in th group of Islands there is not much land to get in the way, so we found ourselves sailing in wind building from20 knots up to 27 knots. You get an idea of how quick the boat goes from this video.

http://youtu.be/owciK_iU-mE

Loads of fun tying up in the harbour here. And the wind is whistling around us still. The problem is that it is a cross wind, which means that as you reverse into a spot on the quayside the boat goes sideways faster than it goes backwards. The other problem is that in such a small space we can get crosed anchor chains, as everything ends up a bit diagonal, if you put your anchor chain over someone else’s, and then lift your anchor to have a second try (pretty common) you risk lifting their anchor as well, casting them adrift. We went to swim on the beach and there was a bit of a commotion going on, someone’s yacht had was adrift and apparently it was somone else’s fault, and somebody was taking somone to get in in someone else’s yachts tender to get it back before something bad happened to somebody. Or something like that.

This town is notable for having the only 24 hour bakery that sells Ice Cream (presumably also 24 hours) I have ever come across. Ice cream seriously needed after all that fun.

For dinner we headed up into the town, which is a confused tangle of streets, via the harbour supermarket to get bread and bottled water for the morning.