Limnos

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	===Approach and Navigation===		===Approach and Navigation===
-	Most approaches to Limnos are without dangers and straightforward. The exception is Moudros Bay where there are a number of reefs.	+	Most approaches to Limnos are without dangers and straightforward. The exception is [[#Moudros_Bay|Moudros Bay]] where there are a number of reefs.
	===Ports and Popular Stops===		===Ports and Popular Stops===
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	===Anchorages===		===Anchorages===
-	''See each Port/Stop''	+	====Moudros Bay====
		+	[[Image:Limnos_Moudros_m.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chart of Moudros Bay<br/>''Click for larger view'']]
		+	The Bay of Moudros (Κόλπος Μούδρος) is one of the largest natural harbors of the [[Mediterranean]]. While in general safe, it is large enough to develop uncomfortable swell during strong winds. This fact coupled with murky water makes it not very attractive for yachts.
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		+	There are many coves but during the ''meltemi'' which blows here in violent gusts from the NE, it is best to anchor just to the S of the town, located on the E side of the bay.
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		+	With southern winds, Vourlidia bay to the NW [39° 43.7' N 25° 11.4' E] offers excellent protection despite the violent gusts. Care must be taken to avoid the reef in the middle of the bay and the shallows. Anchor in 3-4 m excellent holding.
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		+	<font color="red">Danger:</font> There numerous reefs blocking the entrance of the inner bay. Do not enter during the night.
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		+	=====Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)=====
		+	''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':
		+	* June 2002 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)
		+	*
		+	<center><gallery widths="200px"  perrow="2">
		+	Image:Limnos_MoudrosBay.jpg|Entering Moudros Bay<br/>''Click for larger view''
		+	Image:Limnos_Vourlidia1.jpg|Vourlidia<br/>''Click for larger view''
		+	</gallery></center>
		+
		+	====Kondias Bay====
		+	[[Image:Limnos_Kontias_m.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chart of Kondias Bay<br/>''Click for larger view'']]
		+	Kondias Bay (Κόλπος Κοντιά) is W of [[#Moudros_Bay|Moudros]] and N of Cape Stavros. It provides good shelter from the ''meltemi'' but it is open to the S. At the NE of the bay, Diapori (Διαπόρι) provides almost all-round shelter. Also, especially with SE winds the two coves NW [39° 51' N 25° 09.1' E] are very attractive. Anchor in 4-5 m, good holding.
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		+	There is a taverna at Diapori which opens only during the day in the summer but the village of Kondias is only about 40 minutes on foot from the NW coves and some provisions can be obtained.
		+
		+	=====Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)=====
		+	''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':
		+	* June 2002 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)
		+	*
		+
		+	====Ormos Ayiou Pavlou====
		+	It provides some shelter from the meltemi but not as good as either [[#Kondias_Bay|Kondias Bay]] or Ormos Thanos.
		+
		+	=====Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)=====
		+	''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':
		+	* September 1998 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)
		+	*
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		+	====Ormos Thanos====
		+	[[Image:Limnos_Thanos_m.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chart of Ormos Thanos<br/>''Click for larger view'']]
		+	Ormos Thanos (Όρμος Θάνος) is a very attractive anchorage [39°50.4' N 25°4.7' E] and well protected from the ''meltemi''. It is open to S. Anchor E of the little island at about 5 m depth. We have comfortably weathered a force 8 gale here.
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		+	The sand beach is very clean. Unfortunately in the last few years the deserted sandy beach has been invaded with day restaurants with umbrellas and reclining chairs and worst of all loudspeakers blasting techno "music." The cacophony during the day is overwhelming. In the evening things are quiet.
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		+	The town of Thanos is about a 45 minute walk and has an excellent restaurant offering grilled meats.
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		+	Good spear fishing around the little island.
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		+	A more quiet option is to go to west of the island [39° 50.4' N 25° 04.1' E]. Here there no restaurants and umbrellas. The dirt road from here does lead to the town of Thanos but to Platys.
		+
		+	=====Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)=====
		+	''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':
		+	* June 2006 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)
		+	*
		+	[[Image:Limnos_Thanos.jpg|200px|thumb|center|The Cove of Thanos<br/>''Click for larger view'']]
		+
		+	====Cape Tigani====
		+	Just to the E of the Cape Tigani (frying pan) there is a tiny very attractive cove. It is suitable only when the weather is sheltered for a brief stop. There is excellent spear fishing around the little island S of the cape.
		+
		+	=====Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)=====
		+	''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':
		+	* July 1992 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)
		+	*
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		+	====Plati Bay====
		+	It is N of Cape Tigani and provides good shelter from the northerly meltemi but it is exposed to the SW.
		+
		+	<font color="red">Caution:</font> There is a reef at the entrance to the cove
		+
		+	====Cape Mourtzouflos====
		+	[[Image:Limnos_Moutzoflos_h.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chart of Cape Mourtzouflos<br/>''Click for larger view'']]
		+	Just S. of Cape Mourtzouflos there is a very pleasant anchorage [39° 57.3' N 25° 02.7' E], sheltered from the ''meltemi''. Anchor at 4-6 m on sand, good holding.
		+
		+	=====Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)=====
		+	''Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated'':
		+	* June 2002 --[[User:Istioploos|Istioploos]] 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)
		+	*
		+	<center><gallery widths="200px"  perrow="2">
		+	Image:Limnos_Moutzuflos2.jpg|Cape Moutzouflos<br/>''Click for larger view''
		+	Image:Limnos_Moutzuflos.jpg|Near Cape Moutzouflos<br/>''Click for larger view''
		+	</gallery></center>
		+
		+	====Kotsinas====
	===Offshore Islands===		===Offshore Islands===

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Revision as of 16:02, 19 June 2008

Contents 1 Limnos 1.1 Background 1.2 Charts 1.3 Radio Nets 1.4 Approach and Navigation 1.5 Ports and Popular Stops 1.5.1 Myrina 1.5.1.1 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 1.6 Marinas & Yacht Clubs 1.7 Anchorages 1.7.1 Moudros Bay 1.7.1.1 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 1.7.2 Kondias Bay 1.7.2.1 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 1.7.3 Ormos Ayiou Pavlou 1.7.3.1 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 1.7.4 Ormos Thanos 1.7.4.1 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 1.7.5 Cape Tigani 1.7.5.1 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 1.7.6 Plati Bay 1.7.7 Cape Mourtzouflos 1.7.7.1 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here) 1.7.8 Kotsinas 1.8 Offshore Islands 1.9 Routes/Passages To/From 1.10 Tourism & things to do ashore 1.11 Marine Stores & Facilities 1.12 References & Publications 1.13 Cruiser's Friends 1.14 Forum Discussions 1.15 External Links 1.16 Personal Notes 1.17 Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Limnos

Background

Limnos (Λήμνος) is a low lying island of 477 km2 with 16,000 inhabitants. The tallest peak of Skopia is only 430 m above sea level. It is an island not visited by many tourists and very beautiful. Being strategically located at the entrance of the Dardanelles, Limnos has had a long history.

According to mythology, the metal smith god of fire, Hephaestos, had his workshop in Limnos. It was also here that he had his honeymoon when he wedded the beautiful goddess of love Aphrodite. Shortly after the wedding, she was unfaithful to him. Hephaestos accused her of her infidelity to Zeus and called as his witnesses the women of Limnos. The goddess, angered by this, had her revenge by making the Limnian women totally unattractive to their husbands. The women, in their turn, rebelled against the men and butchered them, all except Thoas who was saved by his daughter Hypsilpyle who became the queen of the island. When the Argonauts stopped in Limnos on their way to Colchis, they had affairs with the man-starved ladies and the island was re-populated.

The first known inhabitants of Limnos were the Pelasgians (a Pelasgian inscription has been found from that era which has not been deciphered). Before the Persian Wars the Athenian Miltiades, the future victor of Marathon (490 BC), drove the local inhabitants off and re-populated the island with Athenians. The island changed hands many times and fell under the Macedonians and later under the Romans. It then became part of the Byzantine Empire until 1204 AD. After that time it alternated between the Genoese and the Venetians. The Ottomans took the island in 1478, it was re-occupied by the Venetians in 1656, and it fell back again to the Ottomans, who held it until 1920 when it became part of Greece with the town of Myrina as its capital.

Limnos has many bays, the largest of which is the Bay of Moudros (Κόλπος Μούδρος) is one of the largest natural harbors in the Mediterranean. During the Gallipoli campaign of World War I it was the anchorage of the Allied Fleet.

Today, there is a large military presence mostly based at the large airfield adjacent to the bay.

Charts

BA 1086 Srimonikos kólpos to Edremit körfezi
BA 1636 Plans of Northern Aegean Sea

Imray-Tetra G2 Aegean Sea (North)

NIMA 54360 Thessaloniki to Canakkale Bogazi Dardanelles
NIMA 54369 Approaches to Canakkale Bogazi
NIMA 54352 Limnos

Greek 32 Thrakiko Sea
Greek 322 Limnos & Ay. Efstratios Tenedos

Radio Nets

Also see World Cruiser's Nets

• Coast Guard - VHF channel 12 and telephone +30 2540 22 225 (Myrina), +30 2540 71 240 (Moudros)
• Olympia Radio - VHF channel 82

Approach and Navigation

Most approaches to Limnos are without dangers and straightforward. The exception is Moudros Bay where there are a number of reefs.

Ports and Popular Stops

There is only one harbor, Myrina, but there are several attractive anchorages on the island.

Myrina

Myrina (Μύρινα) or Mirina [39°52.5' N 25°03.5' E] provides very good shelter. You can either moor stern-to on the N quay or anchor off-shore. The inner harbor is too shallow and it is crowded with fishing boats. The mooring places at the N quay are not many and it best to arrive early. The harbor water is dirty.

Caution: Avoid the spot where the ferryboat from Ayios Efstratios moors. If you tie there, the Limenarchio (coast guard) will be asking you to move at a very early morning hour.

The town of Myrina is very attractive with many reminders of its Ottoman past. It is dominated by the Byzantine castle, built by the emperor Andronikos. There are many stores and little streets, yet it is not crowded and there is an over all laid back atmosphere.

There are water and electricity outlets by the quay and a mini-tank delivering Diesel fuel comes by in the afternoons (tel. +30 2540 26 077). Good shopping and restaurants.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

• June 2006 --Istioploos 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)

View of Myrina Harbor Click for larger view

The Harbor of Myrina Click for larger view

Marinas & Yacht Clubs

None.

Anchorages

Moudros Bay

The Bay of Moudros (Κόλπος Μούδρος) is one of the largest natural harbors of the Mediterranean. While in general safe, it is large enough to develop uncomfortable swell during strong winds. This fact coupled with murky water makes it not very attractive for yachts.

There are many coves but during the meltemi which blows here in violent gusts from the NE, it is best to anchor just to the S of the town, located on the E side of the bay.

With southern winds, Vourlidia bay to the NW [39° 43.7' N 25° 11.4' E] offers excellent protection despite the violent gusts. Care must be taken to avoid the reef in the middle of the bay and the shallows. Anchor in 3-4 m excellent holding.

Danger: There numerous reefs blocking the entrance of the inner bay. Do not enter during the night.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

• June 2002 --Istioploos 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)

Entering Moudros Bay Click for larger view

Vourlidia Click for larger view

Kondias Bay

Kondias Bay (Κόλπος Κοντιά) is W of Moudros and N of Cape Stavros. It provides good shelter from the meltemi but it is open to the S. At the NE of the bay, Diapori (Διαπόρι) provides almost all-round shelter. Also, especially with SE winds the two coves NW [39° 51' N 25° 09.1' E] are very attractive. Anchor in 4-5 m, good holding.

There is a taverna at Diapori which opens only during the day in the summer but the village of Kondias is only about 40 minutes on foot from the NW coves and some provisions can be obtained.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

• June 2002 --Istioploos 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)

Ormos Ayiou Pavlou

It provides some shelter from the meltemi but not as good as either Kondias Bay or Ormos Thanos.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

• September 1998 --Istioploos 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)

Ormos Thanos

Ormos Thanos (Όρμος Θάνος) is a very attractive anchorage [39°50.4' N 25°4.7' E] and well protected from the meltemi. It is open to S. Anchor E of the little island at about 5 m depth. We have comfortably weathered a force 8 gale here.

The sand beach is very clean. Unfortunately in the last few years the deserted sandy beach has been invaded with day restaurants with umbrellas and reclining chairs and worst of all loudspeakers blasting techno "music." The cacophony during the day is overwhelming. In the evening things are quiet.

The town of Thanos is about a 45 minute walk and has an excellent restaurant offering grilled meats.

Good spear fishing around the little island.

A more quiet option is to go to west of the island [39° 50.4' N 25° 04.1' E]. Here there no restaurants and umbrellas. The dirt road from here does lead to the town of Thanos but to Platys.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

• June 2006 --Istioploos 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)

Cape Tigani

Just to the E of the Cape Tigani (frying pan) there is a tiny very attractive cove. It is suitable only when the weather is sheltered for a brief stop. There is excellent spear fishing around the little island S of the cape.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

• July 1992 --Istioploos 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)

Plati Bay

It is N of Cape Tigani and provides good shelter from the northerly meltemi but it is exposed to the SW.

Caution: There is a reef at the entrance to the cove

Cape Mourtzouflos

Just S. of Cape Mourtzouflos there is a very pleasant anchorage [39° 57.3' N 25° 02.7' E], sheltered from the meltemi. Anchor at 4-6 m on sand, good holding.

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

Date of member's visit to this Port/Stop & this page's details validated:

• June 2002 --Istioploos 07:56, 19 June 2008 (MDT)

Cape Moutzouflos Click for larger view

Near Cape Moutzouflos Click for larger view

Kotsinas

Offshore Islands

List Islands

Routes/Passages To/From

Popular passages/routes, timing, etc.

Tourism & things to do ashore

Also see each Port/Stop

Marine Stores & Facilities

See each Port/Stop

References & Publications

See Greece.

Cruiser's Friends

Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.

Forum Discussions

List links to discussion threads on the Cruiser Log Forum

External Links

• Limnos (Wikipedia)
• Myrina

Personal Notes

Personal experiences?

Last Visited & Details Checked (and updated here)

See individual ports in this page.

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