Saturday 15th to Monday 17th June, Agia Marina, Aegina

Another new town for us, this time to the town of Agia Marina, on the eastern side of Aegina island. As usual it was stern to onto a fairly new harbour mole extending a shorter earlier one, but as usual…

More Saturday 15th to Monday 17th June, Agia Marina, Aegina

Monday 17th to Tuesday 18th June, Aegina Town Quay

On board we have a main and a reserve water tank, and on switching to the reserve, I discovered that it was empty. (it obviously hadn’t filled last time we topped up – I’d always assumed that the interconnecting valve…

More Monday 17th to Tuesday 18th June, Aegina Town Quay

Tuesday 18th to Wednesday 19th June, Kapsali Bay Poros

This was just a one night stop in a beautiful small bay just into the entrance of the enclosed Poros bay. We actually had it to ourselves for about an hour, after which a small motor boat arrived followed by…

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Wednesday 19th to Sunday 23rd June, Poros town pontoon

With F8 gusts forecast until Saturday, and Fern arriving Saturday for a week, we decided to sit out the weather, stern to on the leeward side of the town pontoon. What fun! Not from the wind but from all the…

More Wednesday 19th to Sunday 23rd June, Poros town pontoon

Sunday 23rd to Monday 24th June, Agia Marina, Aegina

Only light winds today, we motored for 10 miles and sailed for 10 miles north to Agia Marina and stern to onto the fairly new harbour wall, almost in the same place as a week earlier. We also ate in…

More Sunday 23rd to Monday 24th June, Agia Marina, Aegina

Monday 24th to Tuesday 25th June, Anavissio Bay

Another 20 mile hop, with half sailing and half motoring to the large sheltered Anavissio bay on the mainland South East of Athens with an evening meal in a Taverna in the small town of Palaia Fokaia, and a very…

More Monday 24th to Tuesday 25th June, Anavissio Bay

Tuesday 25th June to Monday 1st July, Vourkari Bay, Kea

Yes we were here for 6 nights! We left Anavissio Bay knowing that there was going to be a fresh wind from the north, so we had a good sail down to Sounion where the temple of Poseidon stands majestically…

More Tuesday 25th June to Monday 1st July, Vourkari Bay, Kea

Monday 1st to Thursday 4th July, Karystos, Evia

With virtually no wind on Monday morning and a very much reduced sea state, we ventured out of Vourkari Bay and motored, with a little sailing, 20 miles north to the town of Karystos at the southern end of the…

More Monday 1st to Thursday 4th July, Karystos, Evia

Thursday 4th to Friday 5th July, Between Megalonisos and Chersonisi islands

This was just a one night stop sheltered at anchor between the islands of Megalonisos and Chersonisi, along with 2 other boats. As we left Karystos the sky clouded over and as we anchored we could hear constant thunderstorms over…

More Thursday 4th to Friday 5th July, Between Megalonisos and Chersonisi islands

Friday 5th to Saturday 6th July, Porto Lafia

Another one night anchorage, again after motoring north against the wind for 5 miles, into the sheltered bay of Porto Lafia. Sheltered from waves, but with the northerly Meltemi doing its best we still experienced 30+knot gusts hammering into the…

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