Jacana

This is where Philip, Ellie and Rory are staying when they visit in October, so after mooring up opposite the marina (stern to with anchor and more importantly, free) we walked round the harbour to see where they had booked….

We’re now heading slowly towards Preveza to meet Fern on Wednesday. We had originally planned to meet up with John and Anne on Corfu on Sunday and then Fern on Wednesday, however the timeliness of getting our residency permits and…

We actually managed to sail half of the 30 mile passage to Itheka on a decent broad reach until the wind totally dropped. At about 4, we arrived at Itheka and headed for the first sheltered beach for a cool…

We arrived in Messolonghi Marina early afternoon and immediately indulged in a relaxing cold beer in the marina taverna. Monday morning, up at 7 to catch the 0830 bus to Agrinio although just as well we got to the bus…

After a 30 mile passage with no wind, we were pleased to switch off the engine and swing at anchor for the night. This time in about 3m of water, and with virtually no shelter from land. At about 7pm…

Out from Vathi and left into Ormos Aetou at the end of the bay for a relaxing night at anchor before we head for Messolonghi. Ann went in for a quick swim then some relaxation floating on the rubber ring…

We’re getting very low on water, so decided to go back to Vathi to top up, though not before a decent sail for a couple of hours, and in the right direction! So a couple of nights again on the…

Frikes has a bit of a reputation with westerly afternoon and evening winds blasting down from the west and a significant swell at times from passing fast ferries running between mainland Greece and Italy. We were therefore relieved when we…

Despite Kioni being idyllic, we decided to move on, not far though to the sheltered Mavrounas Bay round the northern corner we had walked to a couple of days earlier. In getting there however, and with a bit of breeze…

On Thursday we left Vathi and motored (yet again) the short hop to the beautiful village of Kioni, and arriving late morning managed to get a place on the sheltered harbour wall. In fact when we arrived there about half…