Advancing
21 October 2021 | En Route Milos
Kleftiko Caves
Thursday 21 October 2021
Temperature eighteen this morning, but didn't feel that cool. Previously froze our cha chas off at twenty. Must be acclimating to autumn.
Big draw of Agia Marina is a beautifully preserved wreck in clear water. We'll leave that for next time. It's an open roadstead reported always rolly and was indeed last night, but being there saved two hours for sail to Milos. Not surprisingly we were only boat overnight.
While retrieving anchor this morning chain was hard on the bottom sinking bow as 1200w windlass was able. Had visions of putting gear on after dawn for a dive to free it. Fortunately it was caught beneath, probably, a rock ledge and, by releasing some chain and attaching snubber to protect windlass, freed by motoring ahead and to the side.
If you were born after the Y2K panic/non-event (a thought provoking lesson about submitting to angst concerning anything touted as a crisis) you probably don't appreciate what didn't exist in 2000. Even older folks have likely forgotten and accept current reality as how it's suppose to be, but a quick look back, (e.g. https://fee.org/articles/the-20-biggest-advances-in-tech-over-the-last-20-years/), may give everyone a better appreciation of the amazing advances over a very short time period. Might be nice if a few more people would understand some real and obvious yet disparaged or seldom considered foundations for that progress. Don't rely on loudest voices for an answer.
Jack & Jan