Sun evening 25 sep to Mon evening 26 sep-Eastern Med

Hi there-an update on the blog for the Greece to Jeddah push from the good ship ATHINA.  Blog contributor Gordon McClymont, roving reporter and temporary acting chief engineer.  After yesterdays report, dinner was had in Xeroskambos's finest taverna an excellent fare of sausage/chips/Greek salad and spicy cheese made by the owners grandmother!  No belly ache that night to report.  During the evening an invasion by some drunk German sailors from the sea wearing budgie shorts (speedo shorts) to the taverna was repelled with the shouts of 'Remember 1941 Fritz!' No more trouble.  Breakfasted in the same fine taverna on coffee, dried bread and cheese planned the day and set out for the good ship in great spirits.  With all tech stuff done we slipped anchor at 1030 for Kos.  The weather was excellent and the sea much calmer than before.  The coast of Kalimnos looked beautiful as we cruised past its eastern edge at 16-18 knots. We could see Turkey out to our left (east) and the tip of Kos island on our nose.  We called Kos marina on the radio and after a minute or so we had a RIB sent out (tender) to escort us in for a 'quick turnround' in Kos- customs/immigration/fresh water and minor provisions. Safely tied up by the stern the paper work seemed to go smoothly and we wandered down the front to the police for a passport stamp.  Usual big Med resort plenty of white tourists/scooters/mini markets/restaurants etc but the old fort looked pretty.  All cleared we set off for Bodrum, Turkey a 30 min cruise.  We could see the white buildings of Bodrum from Kos and all was going well with no signs of scurvy/seasickness/sunstroke. However, despite all the previous correspondance with the Bodrum agent, emails and telephone calls from Julie -  he seemed genuinely surprised when we called him and said we were sitting outside the port and waiting for a berth allocation!  All berths were full-was the agents reply so we moored in the bay next to Capt. J Sparrows old craft!  Having said that the agent gave us a good tie up and soon we were swimming in Turkish waters.  The formalities to be completed tomorrow.  Our tender was taken away to see if the outboard could be seen to as the Yamaha refuses to start.  The agent took us ashore on his tender but as it was now after 9 we only had a drink and an ice cream.  Our remaining crew, Craig and Sandra, fly in to Bodrum at 2 am so a taxi has been arranged for Johnny to go to the airport and collect them and back to port at 3.30 am!!!! Capts. work is never done! The good news is that our Yamaha has been fixed by the night shift and is back working-the young lad showed us how well it went by zooming up and around the bay at 25 kts + with no lights on!  We leave you now drinking some tea and planning tomorrows doings.