Friday 20th May, Agrinio Police Station
Today was the reason we’re stopped in Messolonghi. So up early to catch the 0830 bus to Agrinio. All went well, and we arrived in Agrinio coach station 40 mins later, with time for a coffee. And because we got…
Wednesday 18th to Thursday 19th May, Messolonghi
Again no wind when we lifted the anchor for the 25 mile motor (again another day with the sails furled away) to Messolonghi. Very uneventful at about 1800 rpm giving us just over 6kt over the ground. We were overtaken…
Tuesday 17th May 2022, Kastos to Petalas Bay
Strong winds are forecast for Thursday so we’ve decided to head for Messolonghi a day earlier than necessary, but with 3-4kt winds when we raised the anchor, it was a gentle 5kt motor for the 15 miles to the ‘sheltered’…
Monday 16th May 2022 Kastos
We woke up in Kalamos to another totally windless day. We raised the chain and as I thought, I had laid our anchor chain across our neighbours boat, so up came his anchor chain hooked over our anchor. This was…
Sunday 15th May Varko Bay to Kalamos
With mill pond conditions we motored the dozen or so miles to Kalamos. Just round the top of the island we were entertained by 3 dolphins playing round the bow for a quarter of an hour. Then stern to with…
Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th May Preveza Town Quay to Varko bay
After a final top up of provisions, which included a couple of striped Sea Bream, plus 3 unknown fish steaks that the fish monger threw in for free we were off! Once out of the Preveza channel we had an…
Wednesday 11th May, Lift in, fridge on, Preveza
This is the day we’ve been waiting for, lift in at 1300. So a chance to get everything ready, water topped up, fenders out, lines attached, tender lifted onto gantry, saloon tidied with tools put away, finally ship shape! Also…
Tuesday 10th May 2022, A visit to Agrinio Police Station
Not knowing what the traffic would be like we opted for an early 7am start to drive the 95km to Agrinio for our 10am appointment with the alien police for the first part of our residency process. So we started…
Monday 9th May 2022 Still polishing
The only thing left to do is polishing, more polishing and antifouling. So a couple of days cutting back the hull and polishing has brought the hull to a shine not seen since we bought Jacana. Meanwhile Ann has been…
Wednesday 4th May 2022 On with the jobs
As I sit on board, looking across a forest of masts, I’ve noticed a small bird going in and out of the top of a neighbouring mast, I just hope we’ve not got a nest up ours! . So it’s…