Mon 13th June, Varko Bay
En route to Preveza, an overnight anchor in Varko Bay and a brief swim. The sea has started to warm up! Paul actually went in!! Tonight’s meal was interesting. We’d run out of rice so we had the defrosted curry…
Sat 11th to Mon 13th June, Vliho bay
We anchored off Nidri for a couple of hours to buy some bread and meat and then anchored in the calm of Vliho Bay for 2 nights, and of course took advantage of Sunday roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, cauliflower cheese,…
Friday 10th June Little Vathi, Meganisi
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….
Thursday 9th June, Sivota, Lefkada
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…
Wednesday 8th June Filatrou Bay Itheka
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…
Sunday 5th to Wednesday 8th June, Messolonghi
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…
Saturday 4th June, Ormos Oxias
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…
Friday 3rd June Ormos Aetou, Itheka
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…
Wednesday 1 June to Friday 3rd June, (big) Vathi, Itheka
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…
Sunday 29th May to Wednesday 1st June, Frikes, Itheka
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…