Chris asked me what the hull speed of Necessity was as we departed Milos early in the morning. “7.4 knots I told him, and I’ve seen that a few times”. Well after rounding the top of Milos Island and heading out into the open sea the wind set up out of the north at 20 knots as predicted. Necessity healed over and lunged into the sea ripping along at 7+ knots hitting 7.4 on a few occasions. And all this with a triple reefed main and 60% of the genoa. This went on for the entire day. Sunshine and sea.
Out ETA was two hours ahead of schedule Necessity making over six knots speed over the ground for the 48 nautical miles of the passage to the town of Ios on Ios Island.
(Tom, all this without the rail in the water. ‘Necessity had a bone in her teeth!!’)