Intrepid Travels

As planned, we set off in the morning, heading for Levkas via the Ithaca channel. The winds were flukey and light until we left the channel, when we had beautiful winds to carry us across to Levkas where we found a glorious anchorage and anchored stern-to using our new lines (from Piraeus) and teaching Richard to do the swim-and -knot routine. After the first hour, we found ourselves alone in the cove, watching the birds and fish and exploring the small cave just behind the boat. Robert got Alan and Richard to help with hull scrubbing and even Victoria did her bit with the scrubbing brush! We got out the new folding chairs and set them up on the trampoline while we enjoyed sun downers and the cooling of the day.
By all reports, we all had a good and peaceful night and woke to a hot morning and light winds. By noon, we were on our way, Robert and Alan playing with sail trimming as we moved slowly into the Meganisi channel together with an amazing number of other yachts (more than we had ever seen in one day!) We found another pristine anchorage where we stopped for lunch, a swim and a good chat, before another short leg that took us to Vathi, in Meganisi.
Vathi provided the opportunity to fill the tanks, connect to shore power so we could use the washing machine, and restock our depleted fruit and vegetable supplies. There was also a pleasant walk around the headland to the next bay and Vathi itself was a nice enough place but a there were too many visiting yachts with their non-Greek passengers and crew for my liking. Richard and I did find the local coffee shop, however, where we were the only intruders and we were surrounded by Greek men having their morning chin wag.