The plan
Starting from Asimakis Beach on the Attica coast, we'll ride the summer meltemi south-east through the heart of the Cyclades — Kea, Kithnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Antiparos, Paros, Naxos and the Small Cyclades — then out across the long, lonely crossings past Amorgos and tiny Levitha into the Dodecanese: Kalymnos, Kos, Nisyros, Tilos and Halki, before the final run in to Rhodes.
Sixteen open-water legs, beach to beach — and a fully unsupported expedition. No shore crew, no following boat: just the two of us, travelling with only what we can carry on our backs. Wings, foils, boards and dry bags come along for every crossing. Where a landing beach and the next launch beach are on opposite sides of an island, we cross overland (taxi drivers of the Aegean, we have your numbers).
The dashed blue line below is the plan. The orange line is reality — beamed from the Garmin inReach in Tim's bag as we go. Tap any pin for the beach, photos and how to get there.
The route
The legs
Distances are straight-line over the planned waypoints — actual wingfoiling mileage will be, let's say, more.