Tuesday 12th April 2022, Weymouth
Well we’re getting closer to flying out, despite Easyjet cancelling our 6th April and 21st April flights for reasons only known to themselves and hopefully it will be third time lucky on 22nd April. Our single bag is packed mainly…
Sunday 3rd October to Wednesday 6 October 2021
Fortunately on Sunday there was space for us on Preveza Town Quay as we had a few jobs to do whilst still in the water before lift out at 0830 on Monday. And more fortunately there was no wind when…
Thursday 30th September to Sunday 3rd October 2021, Nidri and Vonitsa.
After 3 nights of eating delicious evening meals in the Taverna Ionian, and with lift out booked for Monday it was time to start heading north again. Not however before a final night in Nidri to share a beer or…
Sunday 26th to Thursday 30th September Velcro Bay and Sivota
David and Yvonne left us in Preveza at 0930, so a chance to drop off the laundry on a side street a few yards from Jacana and collect it cleaner an hour or so later. By 1 o’clock we were…
Sunday 19th to Sunday 26th Sept 2021 A week with David and Yvonne.
This week saw our first guests on board in the Ionian, and a great week it was. Fantastic company and some great sailing.That said, the week got off to a shakey start with David and Yvonne getting a taxi to…
Thursday 16th to Monday 20th September, Vliho Bay, Varko Bay and Preveza Town Quay
It’s Lizzie’s birthday (Thursday) so an excuse for a meal together at the Vliho Yacht Club, along with 16 or so of their other friends. A great evening and a chance for us to meet up with other Brits. We’ve…
Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th September, Port Athini
We eventually unstuck ourselves from Palairos and sailed most of the way to Port Athini on Meganisi. We’d hoped to get on the mole at the head of the bay, but by the time we arrived it was full with…
Wednesday 8th to Tuesday 14th September 2021, Palairos
Well this really was life in the slow lane! A slow sail across the bay to the lovely village of Palairos where for 2 nights we were on the small pontoon for the princely fee of 5€ (and we got…
Saturday 4th to Wednesday 8th September, Vliho Bay (yet again)
We felt that Vliho Bay was a good place to ride out the impending thunderstorms forecast for most of Sunday. However Sunday came and went with literally 4 drops of rain, very little wind and a largely sunny day. So…
Tuesday 31st August to Saturday 4th September, Kastos and Kalamos
With strong north westerlies forecast, we decided to move on to Kastos and the shelter offered in its easterly bays. En route we had a great sail, reaching speeds of 7 knots, taking us across from Meganisi, round the top…