Simantio, Simantio, Over
We came, we swore, we sailed, we conquered.
Well not quite !
Always my dream, I booked on a whim
Didn’t really research it, was that quite dim?
A boat with a tiller, had I taken note?
What no wheel, my husband I quote
And so on board we leapt
Need to be tidy and very well kept
Space for storing, the difficult bit
Brought all kinds of everything, way too much kit
So along came Monday, a brief on the boat
Off to sea now you go, hey that’s no moat !
Thank God for James, our Skipper day one
Without him not sure what we’d have done
And so we battled to pull up the mainsail
Just pull harder, allegedly never fails
Stopped for a swim, lunch and a beer
Oh my goodness I like it here
Sailed to Meganisi and so to moor
Only ‘nearly’ hit the boat next door
Next day alone, a little bit daunting
The genoa in the wind was really flaunting
As for the mainsail it argued again
My husband’s language quite profane
Into Kalamos, a stern entry
Aslan perfected like sailing gentry
Off for a shower and a drink at sundown
Dinner at George’s best in town
Next stage a long one – 16 Nautical miles
Made it to Frikes, lovely day all smiles
Set up for rafting alongside the quay
A quick whack as our friends came in too quickly
Another sun dawned, a swim in a bay
This turned out to be our eventful day
Down with the anchor, probably a little late
Pull up the anchor said my lovely mate
Up it came, but bunched undetected
Next thing we know chain and windlass defected
Into the sea fell the anchor and chain
Off to the rocks we sailed, unable to restrain
Bring me the bread knife shouted my mate
Not sure if it was mine or the anchors fate
Vassia, Vassia We’ve lost the anchor I cried
These things happen Hector calmly replied
We set sail for Kioni – a very short hop
Had to keep going no anchor to stop !
A bows to mooring, we squeezed in the quay
Better option than long lines we thought selfishly
And so back across the channel to Sivotta we hopped
Fitted our new anchor that Hector had shopped
A night out at pirates for Matt’s 21st
A few bad heads next day, feeling the worst
And so it came to our final day
Had to wait for the storm to get out of the way
The wind had dropped, no sailing here
Just the engine and another beer
Into Nidri, our final mooring
Lazy lines, now a bit boring
A really big thanks to all our crew
Hector, Kit and Rohan too
You really helped these true beginners
And made us all feel like winners !
And to our shipmates one and all
Thanks so much we had a ball !!
Janet McNally June 2015
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