3 June 2025 – 11 June 2025
A nine-day log aboard Beetfish, from Çeşme to Ikaria and through the windblown Cyclades to Paros.
Route map
Day by day
We were aboard Beetfish at 9 a.m. After clearing customs, we left Çeşme for Chios, bought a local data card and turned towards Ikaria. With Çiftlikköy to port and Chios to starboard, it was a blue journey beneath the June sun.
Read the full entry →We ate breakfast at anchor off the tiny village of Armenistis, then headed for Seychelles Beach. We left the boat offshore and swam in; the water was cool and crystal-clear. We saw two sea bream while snorkelling, although our attempts at fishing once again came to nothing.
Read the full entry →The engine started at 6.30 a.m. Short, sharp Cycladic waves shook us while seabirds flew alongside. Mykonos appeared three and a half hours later, with tankers passing as if the sea were a motorway. Dolphins welcomed us by racing Beetfish for a while.
Read the full entry →The first morning of the holiday was also Derin’s birthday. At 8 a.m. we set out for Rineia, ate breakfast at sea, swam, exchanged holiday greetings and called Derin.
Read the full entry →With the wind behind us, we headed towards Antiparos and anchored in Mafalda Bay, south of Despotiko. The uninhabited bay’s turquoise-green water was cold but beautifully clear. We swam, slept and sunbathed: a true holiday day.
Read the full entry →We left Despotiko at 9.45 a.m. The wind was strong; after passing Antiparos we continued south and anchored in Alyki Bay, with gusts reaching 25–30 knots.
Read the full entry →The final day of our holiday coincided with the Greek holiday of the Holy Spirit. We had breakfast aboard, sunbathed in Alyki and let lunch over ouzo at Appoplous stretch into the afternoon.
Read the full entry →We had now completed a full week aboard. In the morning we set out for Parikia. The wind was stronger than expected; Antiparos proved too exposed, and after a rough crossing we reached Parikia. We first tried anchoring, then found a place in the harbour.
Read the full entry →We walked through Parikia and ate a breakfast rich in pastries. With its small shops, clean streets and cafés, the town was preparing for the day. Marble fragments from the Temple of Athena could be seen in the walls of houses. The Frankish tower, built in the thirteenth century from stones taken from the temple, made us reflect on how powerfully each age tries to erase the culture and beliefs that came before it.
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Address book
Our home and companion through the Cyclades for nine days.
PublicOur first stop on Ikaria and the beginning of our electric-bike ride.
PublicThe small Ikaria village where we met Marie.
PublicDinner by the sea with live music in Mykonos.
PublicThe elegant opera house that surprised us in Ermoupoli.
PublicThe bay south of Despotiko where we were alone and caught two fish.
PublicThe waterfront taverna in Alyki where we paused for ouzo and sunshine.
PublicDinner beneath the full moon in Naoussa.
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