Jasmine sailed us out of the port around 10am. Our destination was Port Leone. The hamlet sits in a bay on the south-east side of the island. In the infamous earthquake of 1953 Port Leone’s water supply was damaged and effectively cut-off. The villagers were evacuated and never returned. What remains are half a dozen abandoned houses, two of them with olive presses still visible, and a church which is maintained and looks to be pristine. It’s a surreal place and in some ways surprising that nobody has ever tried to rebuild the houses. The setting is stunning. The water the most amazing colour.

Jasmine did a great job of sailing us into one of the bays and we anchored in 5m of turquoise sea. We motored over to the wooden jetty in the tender and had a nose around the houses before having lunch and the obligatory swim!