As I write this, Missy Bear is still tied up in Marmaro, on Chios. Our Windy app predicted a thunderstorm and heavy rain. And on cue, it happened. One crack of thunder accompanying a flash was directly overhead, and so loud I thought I had been shot. Not a day to leave port and go sailing. The rain has brought down an overpoweringly, wonderful aroma of aromatic herbs from the surrounding hills. On a more negative note, the clear harbour water is now a turbid brown filled wi

Missy Bear had a long journey ahead of her (about 50 NM) to get to Lemnos, the historic Gateway to Constantinople. So, we cast off early at first light (05:30) and headed north-west, on a course of 295 degrees. The breeze filled in steadily from the north-east, and we were sailing on a fine reach towards our destination, probably Moudros Bay on the south-east corner. Istanbul Expressway We were on alert as we were crossing the main shipping routes in and out of the Dardanelle