What a rubbish night. After we reset the anchor, the wind picked up with a corresponding increase in the swell coming into the bay. So we were awake until about 2 am when the wind started to drop watching for…

Anchored in the well sheltered Vliho Bay for the night. Except apparently, this enclosed and at first sight well sheltered Bay, is also known as tornado alley! We’ve yet to find out why, although the pilot book does document an…

With potential strong winds forecast again for Friday night we decided we would anchor here again tonight. Before this we decided to get out of the bay for a while and sail down to Sivota to see how crowded it…

With light winds forecast for tonight we decided to move on with a good sail round the top of Meganisi and round the bottom of Kalamos to anchor at Port Leone. This was a small village destroyed by an earthquake…

At breakfast the wasps were waiting, so with all hatches sealed we ate below and eventually raised anchor and motored the 2 miles along the coast, leaving the b. ggers behind. Kalamos Port was relatively quite when we arrived, although…

Getting low on water and battery power, we moved on to Astakos, an untouristy small fishing town on the mainland, but with free mooring for about a dozen yachts, free water and free electricity and no obligation to eat in…

We arrived at Kastos around midday, with the unusual choice of several spaces on the outside harbour wall so made the most of the pretty place by staying a couple of nights. The wind picked up a bit during the…

Back up to the top of Meganisi to a small, very clear-water bay just south of Port Athini. No need to snorkel here – you can see the fish clear as anything. Although there were a couple of yachts swinging…

We’d heard that the Vliho Yacht club did good Sunday roasts, so we decided to give it a go and anchored up again in Vliho bay. We were not disappointed! For €9.95 succulent roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and…

In need of a battery top up we opted for a night on the Sailing Holidays pontoon at the entrance to Vliho Bay, and the opportunity to meet with a couple of stainless steel fabricators to discuss making a solar…