Vathi, Ithaca GR
10 April 2011
Sunny 20
We begin our season, with a brief stop over, a night, at Tranquil Bay. The next day we had an early run to get down to our favourite bay, Vathi on Ithaca. We were told of how it can blow hard, and expected just the normal afternoon Northerly. But that was not really the case! Went to town for dinner, at our favorite...... thinking that the winds had subsided. When we returned to our dinghy, we realized that in fact the winds had increased. The whole bay was one big sloppy bathtub. Just getting into, and off the dinghy was a feat! 5 min. on board and the anchor alarm goes off! The winds were constant at 26-36knots! We re-anchored, and James was up until 1 until the winds just switched off. To top it all, the local Navy boat, almost drove into us, at it exited in the middle of the night! Our roughest night out at anchor! Good way to start the season!