Sailing south to Lefkas from Corfu on a pleasant beam reach with a fair breeze and relatively flat water, we arrived at the swing bridge at the entrance to the narrow Lefkas channel late in the day and idled around waiting for the next bridge opening. There was space at the waiting dock but with just two of us onboard it wasn't worth the effort to dig out the docklines and fenders. One drawback to the size of Escapade is the equipment is large and if I need to stay at the controls as in this narrow tidal waterway all the heavy lifting would be left to Debbie. She can handle the boat with a little more room and a lot less current, but it's pretty tight in here and gets a lot tighter once the bridge opens and you have two way traffic.

There was a strong cross wind in the channel and being our first time thru we did not know what to expect at the other end. Fortunately the waterway opened up and we found a spot to anchor. Lefkas isn't much to look at but it's a very good place to get work done on the boat with several chandleries ashore and a number of marine business willing to work on your boat in the nearby marina, on the town quai, or even at anchor. We had a couple of issues looked after but put off buying their very expensive alternator waiting to get to Athens where we saved 500 Euros on the price!

We had a few days before our next guests arrived and since this was the first time we had Escapade to ourselves this season we took the opportunity to sail down to a very secure and calm anchorage at Ormos Vlikho and further on to the widely reported beautiful Fiskardo village and bay of the same name. Enroute we did the tourist thing and did a pass-by of the Island of Skorpios and Jackie Kennedy's private little swimming bungalow.

Fiskardo is picture book perfect as a former Greek fishing village cum quintessential yachtie hang out. A small colorful town laid out around the semi-circular harbor with the town quai lining 70% of the basin. Since we were here for only one or two nights we elected to anchor out with a stern line ashore to avoid the hassle of the docklines and fenders. We managed to make much more work out of getting our 1" diameter line ashore than putting the boat on the quai would have ever been. Oh well. Live and learn.