We continued sailing north in the morning light west wind to Abelike Bay in Meganissi where we had spent
a night last year with uncomfortable swell from the side. This time I aimed
right in to a shallow corner, dropped the anchor before a beach, let the boat
turn to the wind and took a line ashore. This was a perfect spot for out little
shallow draught catamaran, and even when swell came round the corner towards the beach
our bows were pointing to it and we enjoyed two comfortable nights.
Each
evening we walked the short distance to Vathy town, and on one, enjoyed
wonderful free entertainment in the main square from a group of Mexican
musicians and dancers in the Mariachi tradition.
A few figs from the tree
brought delicious taste to the senses.
Our friend Fabio saw us and came over to say hello from his
racing catamaran with his two charter guests.
We had started seeing the “fried
egg” jellyfish, which is not supposed to sting.
At Nidri, Levkas we took an early morning walk to Nidri
waterfall. We arrived ashore from Tranquil Bay at 8.30 am having been told it
would take twenty minutes to walk there. Actually it took an hour but we found
a wonderful fig tree and enjoyed some fruit.
In August there is a trickle of
water but the walk and setting were lovely, as was having a drink in the little
café in the woods 350 m down from the waterfall.
The waterfall pool is tiny and
later with many people it would not have been a good experience.
We went again
to Vlikho to take on more water from the tap by the small fishing boats, and
had one load of laundry done at Vlikho Yacht Club for 5 euros.
We wanted more nature time so headed for Fraxia Bay on the
east side of Levkas where we had met James Wharram and Hanneke Boon last year
with their 63’ Spirit of Gaia Catamaran. We spent two comfortable nights there
with line ashore to a tree to keep bows to the waves from passing boats
and
made a small naturist photo-shoot.
It is important not to step on sea urchines as the spines bbreak off into the foot with huge pain. Here is a shell with some spines still attached
Finally it was time to leave the protected “Inland Sea” to
pass through the Levkas Canal again, and we struggled being the last of many
boats at the noon bridge opening to keep up with the boats with larger motors.
The sirens were going and the bridge was closing as we went through at full
throttle with our 9.9 hp Yamaha outboard.
The timing was to arrive with some wind to sail north to
Preveza, but before it strengthened and built up an uncomfortable sea. We
unfurled the genoa while all the other boats ahead were motoring. By the time we reached the Preveza channel
the wind was rising and without motor we sailed right past Preveza town and the
boatyards on the other side, (Interesting solar powered catamaran)
and east into the Gulf of Amvrakika, anchoring
with strong afternoon wind beyond the island at Vonitsa. That was a good sail.
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