ISLAND VERY BARREN, FEW TREES, CLEAR CLEAR WATER, BUT COLDER....WE STAYED IN 3 DIFFERENT ANCHORAGES, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE STARTING POINT OF THE CATASTROPHIC GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN....THE BAY AT THAT TIME, WOULD HAVE BEEN FULL OF WARSHIPS, TORPEDO BOATS, TRANSPORT BOATS ETC INCLUDING OF COURSE, AUSSIE AND N.Z. FORCES.
WE HAD 3 EXCEPTIONALLY WINDY DAYS IN LIMNOS ...THE USUAL GUSTS.....NORMAL WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION!
ISLAND VERY BARREN, FEW TREES, CLEAR CLEAR WATER, BUT COLDER....WE STAYED IN 3 DIFFERENT ANCHORAGES, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE STARTING POINT OF THE CATASTROPHIC GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN....THE BAY AT THAT TIME, WOULD HAVE BEEN FULL OF WARSHIPS, TORPEDO BOATS, TRANSPORT BOATS ETC INCLUDING OF COURSE, AUSSIE AND N.Z. FORCES. ONE OF OUR ANCHORAGES WAS LIKE BEING just off AN OUTBACK AUSTRALIAN TOWN....EXCEPT BY THE WATER. ONE 'PUB', FEW HOUSES, SHEEP, GOATS, HORSES, FLIES, UTES, TRACTORS, EUCALYPTUS TREES, VERY SLEEPY, & SOME FISHERMAN, not very active! OUR CROSSING TO THE THREE PENSINULAS WAS WONDERFUL ... FAST, BUT AGREABLE SAILING CONDITIONS......WITH MOUNT ATHOS AT JUST OVER 2000 METRES DRAWING US CLOSER IN.....WHAT A SPECTACLE! ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICIENT WITH THE MONASTERIES & HERMITS HUTS HANGING OFF THE SHEER ROCKY CLIFFS. Some of the monasteries are so huge, red roofed & set in wonderful green surroundings, with pine and cypress trees growing in the valleys. But other monasteries are grey and sad looking built into the rocky landscape, still huge buildings. Imagine the whole peninsula is off limits to women, & a sailing yacht must keep at least 500 metres offshore if women on board! We had an interesting sail along this mountainous coast marvelling at it all............Happy to be over in this part of the Aegean and new ground to explore!
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