Today, I made a spontaneous decision to take a short day trip to the island on Chalki. I checked my AIS app in the morning and saw that the Naxos Jet, a high speed catamaran ferry, was going to be arriving in Pigadia. Several times a week, this ferry travels between Crete and Rhodos, stopping in Kasos, Karpathos, and Chalki along the way, I told Alex about the ferry and he got excited. We quickly got ready and bought round-trip tickets to Chalki. Within minutes, we were on the ferry and on our way. It was out first time on such a ferry, and we thoroughly enjoyed it. There are no cabins for passengers, just bus/airplane style seats.. There are also snack bars where you can buy food. On the aft part of the ship, you can walk on the deck, outside the ship. I talked to one of the mates on the ship and asked if we could see the bridge, Unfortunately, we couldn't because the ship was rocking too much as we zoomed along at 28 kts. I did have a chance to talk to one of ship's mechanics as I explored the lower areas of the ship, where he talked to me about the ship's four large, powerful engines and how they worked. While in Halki, we had enough time to hike from the harbor up to the Knights of St. John castle. It was a greuling hike, but worth it! We made it back in time to the harbor to catch the same high-speed ferry back to Karpathos 3.5 hours later.