12. Sailing the Mediterranean in winter | Sailing from Kos to Astypalea and Anafi | Greece

This week we leave the comfort of Kos Marina and sail to Astypalea the most western of the Dodecanese Islands. We choose Astypalea due to it having an excellent anchorage, while we wait for some bad weather to pass. Vathi is an extremely quiet anchorage and it keeps us protected before we begin our journey across the Cyclade Islands.

The first Island of the Cyclade Islands we visit is the beautiful Anafi. It's huge cliffs and untouched beauty leaves us breathless as we anchor below the town. We experience an unforgettable sunset and continue to enjoy the spectacular scenery the Greek Islands have to offer.

We enjoy both our sails between Kos and Astypalea and Astypalea and Anafi. Both days the winds blow between 15-20 knots with some strong seas at times.

Next week we continue our sail across the cyclades as we visit Santorini and Ios we hope you can join us.

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About us:
Our names are Jason and Tracey and we traded our house, cars, business, job and security for freedom, adventure, travel and living simply amongst nature and the seas on our 45 foot sailing boat, Kawai.

We don't know exactly where the winds will take us at this stage but over the next year we hope to visit Turkey, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Gibraltar, Canary Islands and then across the Atlantic Ocean.

Jase loves making travel videos and we decided to upload to youtube to share our adventure. We really hope you enjoy and feel free to drop us a comment any time to chat or subscribe to follow along :)

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Music
1. Lottery, Ten Towers

2. Dreamers of the shore, Daniel Gunarsson feat. Cody Francis

3. You know what I want, Staffen Carlen

4. Mountain Air, Cody Francis

Thanks for watching

[huzefamohamedali]

Great soundtracks for the video. I have bookmarked some of them. Thanks for including them in the comments.

[johnperry]

Wow what a great anchorage hope it warms up

[nonaparker]

Safe journey guys ..wishing you all the best

[CarlandJennySailingAdventures]

Did you visit the small restaurant when you were in Vathi? We stayed overnight in Vathi last year and went up to the restaurant. Its run by a woman and her ageing mother. The bar is help yourself (not free) and they cook whatever seafood the fisherman brings in that day, or if you want a goat, they go out back!! Beautiful food and typical Greek traditions. Beautiful.

[minkhs]

hI can you explain how you put the anchor out and how do you fix it on the ground and o you stay in one place even with wind or swell around the yacht?

[petergale]

I'm keen to know what sailing experience you had before buying the boat?

[HNDevelopments]

Catching up on your videos guys! Lovely episode, that protected anchorage look awesome.

Glad the furler is fixed. Now you have done some more sailing with it would you recommend it?

3 more boats to view, 445 in Spain, 44ds in France and an ocoanis and elan in Croatia. Viewing boats is bloody expensive! So jealous you have found yours and have started your adventures.

All the best.

[spyridonbaxevanis]

I loved the images! Well done guys! The weather has been terrible for the past few day especially over the Aegean sea. If you plan to come by Rafina to avoid some weather, or if you need any assistance let me know. P.S. i have also a 2 seconds video of dolphins from last week, the were so fast! hahahaha

[moipixie]

BTW you misspelt 'February'!

[sailingsubmariner]

Great video, love how you put the date at the start. How are you guys doing with visas? Are you going to be anywhere near Aegina next month? I’ll be there for the first 2 weeks. All the best ⛵️

[omercan]

I think you need a bigger fridge . or maybe not.

[nortonmolly]

It seems like the audio (talking to the camera while outside ) has improved. Do you have a new microphone? Hey 1000 subs well done

[sailingnordicsun]

Assume sailing. . How much does your boat weigh and what size Mantus anchor do you have? I just bought one for my boat. Do you Like it? I just subscribe to your channel so I can watch more of your stuff. Happy sailing from Sailing Nordic Sun.