Jacana

A change of scenery was needed, with no wind, a 10m motor to anchor alone in a bay a mile south of Vathi on Methana. Crystal clear (and warm) water tempted both of us in for a swim and snorkel.

This is another of our favourites in this part of Greece so we anchored here for 3 nights, enjoying 3 different tavernas and interesting walks and spotted the resident turtle on a couple of occasions.

It was dead calm as we motored out of Poros bay, round the top of Methana and across to the mainland at New Epidavros for a couple of nights stern to on the harbour wall. It was also the opportunity…

With a F5/6 northerly, and with well reefed sails we had a very fast, 30 mile beam reach sail to Poros. At one point the plotter flashed up a record 8.9 knots. We then spent 8 nights in and around…

At last the wind had swung round to the north, with the F5, gusting F6 giving us a fast and fairly comfortable beam reach across to the mainland to anchor in the relative shelter of Sounion Bay, in the shadow…

With a F4/5 northerly forecast for the 20 mile run south to Kea, we were expecting a reasonable sail. However, the actual wind direction had other plans and was about F3 from the South, so we ended motoring in a…

We had stopped here for a few nights a couple of months ago, this time however, rather than fighting a side wind to moor up stern to, we opted for the luxury of port side to against the harbour wall….

Just a one night anchorage sheltering from the overnight winds, and as we’d been in here before, we stayed onboard. (not that there’s anything ashore!). As predicted, the wind was gusting all night, probably up to F6/7 and continued as…

Just a couple of hours hop to the island of Kavalianni. As one of us had the ab dabs, probably caused by him drinking some very flat and cloudy beer, we decided to stay for a couple of nights. We…

Despite arriving in Athens an hour late, George the taxi driver was waiting for us to take us the 50 miles to the Boatclub at Chalkoutsi. So a couple of very warm beers enjoying a balmy evening in the cockpit…