
The mixed-media mistral
It is "Meltemi" time of year in the Aegean, a North East wind that blows for 2 or 3 days to three weeks in the summer, depending on the sea area. Even cargo ships sometimes have to hide from it until it drops. We spent June exploring the west side of Evia, seeing places we had missed on the way up last year. We sailed to Karavos, arriving in 30 knots of wind with lots of big gusts coming off the high mountains. Karavos is no longer the commercial harbour it once was, the dere