Month: September 2024
Friday 20th to Saturday 21st September, Sounion Bay
At last the wind had swung round to the north, with the F5, gusting F6 giving us a fast and fairly comfortable beam reach across to the mainland to anchor in the relative shelter of Sounion Bay, in the shadow…
Thursday 19th to Friday 20th September, Vourkari Bay, Kea
With a F4/5 northerly forecast for the 20 mile run south to Kea, we were expecting a reasonable sail. However, the actual wind direction had other plans and was about F3 from the South, so we ended motoring in a…
Sunday 15th to Thursday 19th September, Karystos, Evia
We had stopped here for a few nights a couple of months ago, this time however, rather than fighting a side wind to moor up stern to, we opted for the luxury of port side to against the harbour wall….
Saturday 14th to Sunday 15th September, Porto Lafia (again)
Just a one night anchorage sheltering from the overnight winds, and as we’d been in here before, we stayed onboard. (not that there’s anything ashore!). As predicted, the wind was gusting all night, probably up to F6/7 and continued as…
Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th September, Kavalianni Island
Just a couple of hours hop to the island of Kavalianni. As one of us had the ab dabs, probably caused by him drinking some very flat and cloudy beer, we decided to stay for a couple of nights. We…
Sunday 8th to Thursday 12th September, Boatclub and Karavos
Despite arriving in Athens an hour late, George the taxi driver was waiting for us to take us the 50 miles to the Boatclub at Chalkoutsi. So a couple of very warm beers enjoying a balmy evening in the cockpit…