24-09-2021 ZAKYNTHOS - ITHAKA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24-09-2021 ZAKYNTHOS - Vathy ITHAKA

 

Weather : Sunny ca.30°C

Trip : 41,2 NM

 

...after 3 hours of sleep we woke up with a sunny blue sky and no wind !

 
Today was the only day with calm winds for our trip to Ithaka, 

the next 3 days they predicted Northerly winds up to force 4.

 
Because our course is North, we decided to leave Zakynthos for Ithaka.

 
It was a calm and long trip.

 
At 15.30h we moored at the town quay in Vathy on Ithaka.

 

Vathy is a very nice lively Greek town.

 
In the evening we had a wonderfull Greek diner at the Taverna Trechantiri.

 

  

Grtz from Vathy, 

Sandra, Elvira, Michel, Diane, Koerel & Koen

 

 

24-09-2021 AG.NIKOLAOS - ZAKYNTHOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24-09-2021 AG.NIKOLAOS - ZAKYNTHOS 

 

Trip : 14,2 NM

 

 

In the middle of the night the upcoming WSW-wind and the waves turned the harbour into a whirlpool !
The safety on the quay was no longer guaranteed.

 
So we had to leave in the middle of the night to prevent damage to the boat.

 
We motored 2 hours to the safe harbour of Zakynthos-city, were we arrived at 5.00 in the morning. 

 

After 3 hours of sleep we woke up with a sunny blue sky and no wind !

 

Grtz from Zakynthos,

Sandra, Elvira, Michel, Diane, Koerel & Koen

23-09-2021 KEFALONIA - ZAKYNTHOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23-09-2021 POROS KEFALONIA - AG. NIKOLAOS ZAKYNTHOS

 

Weather : Sunny ca. 29 °C

Trip : 18,3 NM

 

In the morning we left Poros.

 
We had a nice half-wind sail to the North of Zakynthos.

 
At 14.15h we moored on the quay of the town of Agios Nikoloas, in Zakynthos.
Dimitris was very helpful with mooring etc.

 
At night we had a nice diner in the Taverna.

... At night the wind came up ...

 

Grtz from Zakynthos,

Sandra, Elvira, Michel, Diane, Koerel & Koen

22-09-2021 FISCARDO - POROS Kefalonia

 

 

 

 

 

22-09-2021 FISCARDO - POROS Kefalonia 

Weather : 30 °C Sunny

Trip : 25,8 nm

 

Today we had broad reach, south through the Ithaka channel.

 
Early in the afternoon we entered Agia Eufiminia,

but all places were reserved in the harbour, so we had to leave.

 
Our next stop was Sami, there we encounterd the same situation ... all places reserved ...
This is unseen the second half of September !

 
So we carried on to Poros.
At 16.00h we arrived in Poros, luckily we had one of the last places on the quay.

 

Grtz from Poros,

Sandra, Elvira, Michel, Diane, Koerel & Koen

21-09-2021 ITHAKA - KEFALONIA

 

 

 

21-09-2021 KIONI Ithaka - FISCARDO Kefalonia

Weather : sunny 31°C

Trip : 9,6 NM

This morning we left Ithaka for a short trip to Kefalonia. 

 
There was nearly no wind, so we had to motor.

 
At noon we arrived in Fiscardo.
The harbour was already full.

 
We anchored and longlined to the rocks and had an afternoon of swimming, snorkeling and supping.

 
It was very bussy, I’ve never seen so many yachts anchoring on such a tight space.

 
At night we had a nice Greek diner at Fiscardo-harbour.

 

Grtz from Fiscardo,

Sandra, Elvira, Michel, Diane, Koerel & Koen

20/09-21 ITHAKA

 

20-09 ITHAKA

 

Weather : sun 30°C

 

Today we stayed in Kioni.

 

We took a taxi to the mountain village of Anogi,

from here we did the walk back over the old mule path to Kioni, a beautiful walk of 5km.

 

Afterwards we relaxed and enjoyed the laidback atmosphere of Kioni.

 

In the evening we had a nice diner at the Avra restaurant.

 

 

Grtz from Kioni,

Sandra, Elvira, Michel, Diane, Koerel & Koen

19-09/21 MEGANISI - ITHAKA

 

19-09 MEGANISI - ITHAKA

 

Weather : sun and clouds 30°C

Wind : 2 - 4   Bf S

Log : 16,8 NM

 

After breakfast, some of us did a walk, some of us tried to sup, … holiday !

 

At 10.30h we left Atherinos on Meganisi.

 

The first half of the trip our motor had to help us out.

 

Afterwards we had a very nice, sharp reach, sail towards Ithaka.

Sunday-sailing at his best.

 

At 14.00h we arrived in Kioni on Ithaka.

 

We took the last place on the quay.

Kioni is probably the most beautiful town on Ithaka, a postcard.

 

In the afternoon some of us had a swim, to cool down, it’s hot.

 

In the evening we had a very nice dinner with a view at Lizzy's.

 

 

Grtz from Kioni,

Sandra, Elvira, Michel, Diane, Koerel & Koen

18-09/21 LEFKAS - MEGANISI

 

18-09 LEFKAS - MEGANISI

 

Weather : sun and clouds 29°C

Wind : 2 Bf S

Log : 11,8 NM

 

Our flight from Dusseldorf landed in Preveza at 10.30h.

 

So it was 11.30h when we arrived in the Lefkas Marina.

 

The staff of El Yachting welcomed us and soon after we did the paperwork.

 

The owner of the boat, Greg, did the check-in. Apollon is an older boat but well maintained.

 

At 15.00h we left the Lefkas Marina.

 

The wind was on the nose, so we motored our way to Meganisi.

 

At 17.15h we moored on the quay of the Atherinos Yacht Club in Atherinos bay.

 

At night we had nice Greek dinner at the restaurant.

 

 

Yassas from Meganisi,

Sandra, Elvira, Michel, Diane, Koerel & Koen

 

30-07/21 POROS - LAVRION

 

29-07/21 POROS – LAVRION

 

At 9.30h after breakfast we left Poros.

The wind let us down, so we motored our way to Sounion.

At 14.00h we anchord in the bay under Cape Sounion, with excellent view on the Temple.

It was time to swim and have some lunch.

At 16.00h we started the short trip to the townharbour of Lavrion.

45 minutes later we arrived in Lavrion, the crew of Alpha Yachting was already waiting for us.

The check-out went swift, our boat was OK, so there was no problem.

In the evening we had a fine Greek diner at Pezodromos in the centre of Lavrion.

At night there was a lot of noise disturbance by a local Disco, the music/noise went on untill 4.00h !!!

It was a hot and very short night…

 

Grtz from Lavrion,

Christine, Kris, Elvira, Michel and Koen