Meltemi

... blowing 25kts but Serifos is only 16nm to the north and we need to keep moving north and west to get away from the meltemi. Went to a large bay on the south side of Serifos and anchored off a magnificent golden beach. Abandoned copper mines stood out on ...

... ferry and set off to find ourselves some accommodation. We found a hotel that Michael had stayed at before called the Hotel Meltemi (the trade winds). The owner of the hotel thought she recognized Michael and almost bent over backward to give us her best ...

... back to the hotel. The a/c at our hotel worked great and we were very happy about that! The next morning, however, the Meltemi Wind arrived and lowered the temperatures and cleared out the humidity. For the first day the wind was a welcome change but ...

...   en perst met zijn kracht ook nog het zeewater tussen de eilanden door, waardoor je een onrustige zee krijgt. Wanneer de Meltemi blaast, dan moet je daar niet zijn, deze kan ook nog wel eens 14 dagen doorstaan. Gelukkig begint de Meltemi van af juli ...

... Naxos, where I arrived about 8.30 in the evening. In this way I got to visit one more Greek island, although unintentionally. The meltemi wind was blowing hard at 50-60 knots with waves of about 8 metres in height - they even cancelled a few ferries ...

... 8220;sailing”, and we had used the motor most of the way. It was still quite hot but the forecast called for a bit of a Meltemi wind to arrive in the evening. We were very much looking forward to the Meltemi if it would clear the air and reduce the ...

... sunny when we arrived, but not quite as hot as it had been the last week in Santorini. However, after our first afternoon the Meltemi Wind arrived and cooled the temps down quite a bit. The Meltemi Wind is a very strong wind that blows from the north of ...

... waaien van je hoofd en je hebt een hele goede haven nodig, zelfs Iraklion is dan geen pretje. We besluiten voorlopig in de Meltemi proof haven van Rethimno te blijven om de verdere omgeving te bekijken en we gaan pas verhuizen naar Iraklion als Bart Jan ...

... be any cars. Thirty looooong minutes later I manage to flag one down and hitched a ride back to town. My encounter with Meltemi aside, I thoroughly enjoyed Amorgos. Since there weren't any other tourists I was able to soak up local island culture. Over ...

... it always seemed to lather up perfectly. We were only a day or two on Fologandros before again setting sail; with the meltemi wind blowing steadily (as a Canadian, I considered it a warm wind although it was northerly) we beam-reached by sail easterly ...

... was calmer out on the Clyde. John told me that ''in France, they have the Mistral, in Greece & Turkey they have the Meltemi  and here we have the f*&^%$ East wind!!!'' Whilst we were settling Peter & Cherrill in and saying our farewells ...

... in the restaurant! We asked the owner of the restaurant about the strong winds and she said they are called the meltemi, a cooling strong wind, blows, sometimes strongly enough to create rough water, which occur mostly in July and August in Santorini. ...

... now "enjoying" the hospitality of the Greek authorities.   Still at Molyvos  The Summer northerly wind known as the "Meltemi" has really been on steroids for the last few days, blowing with a vengeance. Yet  in Molyvos we hardly felt it ...

... been sat in the marina waiting for the Northerly winds to abate so that we can head North before the heavy summer winds (the Meltemi) set in.   One item of note is the number of Brit boats here similarly waiting for better winds. We moored next ...

  Ermoupolis still! We had 10 days in Ermoupolis, waiting for the Meltemi to clear. For several days it was gusting over 30knots & when you looked out to sea it was white spray as far as the eye could see. However, the marina was free, there ...

... . The views from the tops are stunning. Well worth  the climb.   The summer Northerly wind here is called the Meltemi. It generally blows during the day and  dies at night. However, in July and August the sodding thing starts taking ...

... of Kithnos in the Cyclades.  The first 3 hours were an enjoyable sail with the wind on the beam. Thereafter the locally named "Meltemi" blew in at force 5 to 6 on the nose. The second part of the journey was hard work under sail and engine against ...