Jacana

Because it’s early in the season we couldn’t stay in Lefkas (charter boats hadn’t left), so motored the 8 miles south, directly into a 25kt head wind to Nidri, anchoring in the well protected Tranquility Bay. Later in the season,…

We’d arranged to meet Gwent and Pete in Lefkas on Monday, so left Vonitsa harbour wall early (for us) at 0800 to catch the 1100 Lefkas bridge opening. After motoring against the wind for 20 minutes we turned west between…

The 2 hour motor to Vonitsa was uneventful although as we approached Vonitsa, the heavens opened so we slowed down and circled for a while to let the very heavy shower pass. Reversing onto the pier, despite virtually no wind…

We tied up stern to on the Town Quay close to the marina, because it’s a bit more sheltered this end, and the Polis supermarket will deliver almost to the boat. So Wed evening prior to stocking up we ate…

After a very hectic few weeks in the UK, helping Philip and Ellie with their leak problems, decorating Hazel’s bungalow in Farnborough which she finally took possession of in mid March, and getting the van serviced in Newark, we’re finally…

From Preveza to Gatwick, and then to Denmark for a week, staying with Freda (Ann’s cousin) and Jan in a small hamlet near Store Heddinge, about 50km south of Copenhagen. Also a day visit to Raa near Helsingborg (Sweden) for…

We were scheduled to be lifted out at 0930, and like a Swiss train we were called in, on time, and an hour later, propped up at K34, the same cradle place as last winter. So on with the jobs,…

Being Friday we had to move off the Preveza pontoon, so motored in the still morning air to Preveza where we moored stern to on the Town Quay for a couple of hours while we caught up with some final…

A truely great week (weather aside!) with James and Hayley. They arrived slightly late in Preveza (thanks to Ryanair) so we settled on a few starters in the Mermaid taverna, with the owner, Tassos telling us all about his winter…