Captain Scott’s Log ~ August 27, 2007

4th circumnav resumed.
We arrived with Ken Hegy and Jeff Fredrich. Jeff is the new mate and engineer and the first professional to be aboard in the past 2 years.

The 5 of us spent Saturday provisioning. Every locker is crammed as we are leaving the Western world. Sunday we left Ayos Nickalos and sailed 50 nm to Zakaros a small cove on the eastern coast of Crete. It was a wonderful sail but the wind increased to 35 kts.

We are snug anchored just off the beach as the wind howls down from the surrounding high mountains. Today, Monday 27 Aug, we will depart for the Suez Canal and begin the leg that will end in Thailand 6000nm away==via Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Yemen, Maldives and Shira Lanka

Jeff's In Greece ~ August 24, 2007

Arrived in Crete without any problems. One amusing thing that happened was in the airport, after a long hassle with authorities, Scott had to check the bag he was carrying because of some duty-free liquor he had purchased in Atlanta. When we got to the baggage claim in Crete, The first bag to come up the chute was Scott’s red bag. It came up the chute like it had been shot from a gun and one of the bottles broke. The look on Scott’s face was priceless!

Crete is quite a rugged looking place. Mountains and rocks, and very tough looking vegetation.
The marina where Pipe Dream IX is staying is quaint and charming, and everyone is friendly. We had dinner at a small, outdoor restaurant. The food was really good, and at the end of the meal, the waiter surprised us with a complimentary dessert and an after-dinner shot of some clear liquor that had a mule like kick to it.

Tomorrow we are heading around the corner about 40 miles. Names of towns will have to wait, as I do not want to wake the crew by getting charts out.
Morning now, Ayos Nikolaos is where I met boat. Plans changed, we are staying the day here, and will depart for Kato Zakros tomorrow.