Jacana

Sunday morning was gusting 20 knots blowing us off Kastos harbour wall, and with a beach opposite, we were very cautious as we let the lines go and raised the anchor, engaging reverse gear to prevent grounding opposite. Once we…

Fern was in the Ionian for a week from Sunday, so we were keen to try to cross paths somewhere, so on Saturday with wind and rain forecast we anchored in Big Vathi harbour for a couple of nights. The…

So on Sunday we sailed (most of the way) back from Palairos to Nidri for a Monday morning visit from Fortis, the IBA engineer to realign the engine mounts, now that they had settled in a bit. Unfortunately we still…

Another expensive week with new engine mounts, and a couple of nights with Gwen and Pete. With the engine still vibrating when in forward gear, we didn’t want to go far until the new engine mounts were fitted, and at…

A relaxing and expensive week in Vliho Bay and Nidri, where on Wednesday we were hauled out at the boatyard just south of the Iris Hotel to have the (very worn) Cutless bearing replaced. Unfortunately the IBA engineer had great…

Now that we are in the southern Ionian we’re only going to write weekly blog updates unless something exceptional happens. So with no wind and a vibrating prop shaft we motored slowly across to Vliho Bay, taking the opportunity to…

Today was a no wind day so it was motoring the 20 miles from Oxias to Kastos. We were a bit optimistic in expecting a space on the harbour wall so ended up anchoring just outside it. As we anchored,…

Another long day beating into the wind, but no rush as the plan is to anchor for the night in Oxias bay at the very north western end of the Corinth Gulf. There is a Taverna here, new this year,…

Again a great sail from Navpaktos to the start of the Messalonghi channel and because the wind had picked up a bit we opted to anchor in Messalonghi harbour before moving into the marina on Monday morning and the chance…

We did poke our noses into Navpaktos’s tiny Venetian harbour but decided against it with laid moorings everywhere and a lot of silt and gravel in the entrance. So it was anchoring just outside. Whilst the holding was excellent in…