Jacana

Another motoring day, south to the small and uninspiring town of Kilada, where we anchored for the night in its shallow and very sheltered bay. In the morning we did however venture ashore, firstly to the Franchthi cave, a large…

Leaving Astos, we managed to sail for less than 5 mins, so then motored the 10 miles across to the historic city of Navplion. An hour after mooring up, the heavens opened with accompanying thunder and lightening. That put paid…

En route to Astros we managed to get a plastic bag wrapped round the prop, although cleared it with a few bursts of reverse. So in Astros, Ann dived down to double check that the prop was all clear. The…

This was another one night stop but we did anchor in a bay en route for lunch, after which the wind picked up and we sailed the 2 hours north to Tyros. Fortunately (actually very fortunately!) there was a lull…

Another motoring day and we moored stern to on a wall at the northern end of Kiparissi bay and were immediately welcomed by rain. So once it had stopped we got the bikes off and cycled round the bay and…

Just a one night stop in the very sheltered inlet at the village of Ieraka, anchoring in 2.5m. Ashore we ate in one of the 2 tavernas and without phones (no photos therefore). It is often difficult to find the…

We WhatsApp’ed Mateo the unofficial harbour master at Monemvasia en route and fortunately there was a space inside the harbour for us. It was a bit noisy during the day as they’re extending the harbour, but interesting to watch the…

We’re aiming for Monemvasia on the mainland, but with no wind, motoring to Dhiakofti got us a bit closer. A very mixed place, a couple of bars and tavernas on a nice beach, but very sad to see a 40′…

It was an honour to be in Kapsali with Chris and Alison to celibrate their ‘recent’ wedding, with a bottle of fizzy wine and a few nibbles. Ann picked some wild flowering herbs and some grasses on a walk last…

Another half decent sailing day, although we did motor for a few minutes to avoid a collision course with an oil tanker crossing the busy main shipping lanes between Kithera and the mainland. We carried on down the eastern side…