Milos

Not only did I not get seasick today, but I got to pilot a sailboat for my first time. The wind is much calmer today and it was easy sailing. I got about an hour and a half in at the helm. The digital electronic panels and GPS make it a snap. The wind was averaging 20 knots most of the way.

We headed to Serifos, but it was too windy on the leeward side, so we couldn't stop for a swim and eat lunch there. We turned around and headed south towards Milos.

I didn't realize it until I read in the guidebook that this is where the Venus de Milo is from. Milos....Milo....I get it now. We saw the statue at the Louvre 2 years ago. There's a plaster version here on the island in a museum, but I don't think we'll have time to see it. French sailors took it in 1820 right before the Greek Independence war. It goes without saying that the Greeks want their statue back.

We couldn't find a slip at the marina, so we anchored offshore for the night and ferried in to dinner on a dinghy. It was about 10 hours of sailing today!

The next morning, we charged our batteries and got more water and headed to a beach and a cozy cove with caves. It was too late to go to Folegandros today, so we found a cove on the south side of Milos to make dinner and spend the night.

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