Day 1: Kos Marina

Kos Marina

Day 2: Pserimos

If you are lucky enough to arrive in Kos Marina no later than 2-3pm, you can leave Kos on your day of arrival and sail to Pserimos harbour, a 2-3 hour brisk sail, a nice easy start to your holiday.

Pserimos is a charming little island, with the small town,beach and habour all in tucked in together in the bay. The harbour can be a bit of a problem in the morning when the ferries come in, and stir up a swell, so make sure your anchor is well dug in, whether you are in the bay or up agains the keyside.

Pserimos has a couple of good, friendly restaurants, and also a couple of bars on the beach. All very charming and friendly, and a nice place to start a sailing holiday.

Day 3: Kalymnos-Vathi Bay

Vathi town lies at the end of the deep fjord of Vathi. It is charming little anchorage for day or two. The town has a few restaurants and shops, where essential provisions are available.

Kalymnos is called The Sponge Fishers island. The scenery is wild and dramatic with high rocky mountains sweeping down to the sea.Very friendly and very Greek.It is a terrific island for those who want to do more than just lie on a beach all day. Though only 13 miles long and about 8 miles wide, the island has a dramatic wild beauty as well as several lovely uncrowded beaches and bays.

On the western side of the island lie the villages of Myrties and Massouri and the very much quieter hamlets of Arginondas, Skalia and Emporios.

On the north east coast is the wild and beautiful bay of Palionisou where it feels as if life has been standing still for a very long time. If you go up the track to the 5-6 houses which forms the village, you will find Nicholas's house, where you will have the enchanting experience of being in the middle of nowhere, but will be able to eat in his little garden for a very small amount of money, and once or twice a week they have a sort of concert, as various people turn up and play their instruments solo or together until late into the night. A very special evening to remember.

It is fairly easy sail from Palionisou to Pandeli Bay on Leros.

Day 4: Leros - Pandeli

The main port is Aghia Marina, or Pandeli,a pretty port, dominated by a huge crusader castle and six windmills on a hill. Spreading up from the port is the area known as Platanos, the social hub of the island, which sits astride the saddle of the hill and merges with the picturesque, fishing harbour of Pandeli on the other side.The harbour is very often full, but you can anchor in the bay outside the harbour walls.

The setting is very pretty with white houses dotted around the bay

There are plenty of shops for provisions, tavernas and cafe's in the litlle town.Xerocampos in the south, both with some lovely quiet beaches. Leros has plenty of beaches and secluded coves. The lovely shingle beach at Vromolithos is just a twenty minute walk from Platanos and is a long, gentle sweep of a bay with a small island in the middle. The beach has a couple of tavernas.

Day 5: Leipsoi