Njord's Adventures

Katakolon

29 June 2019 | Katakolon
Clare
The anchorage at Katakolon is very large and so sheltered. We had a very comfortable night. It is fairly shallow, meaning less than 4 metres quite a long way out from the shore so you can't get too close but still plenty of room. This is now our 10th day at anchor so we need to make the next stop for water and to top up the batteries from shore power.

We set the anchor in 4.8 metres of water initially and took the bearings. About an hour later we took the bearings again as we felt we had drifted back. It was quite windy at 25 knots. And yes, one of our bearings was out by quite a few degrees so we took up the anchor and re-set it. This was much better and according to our anchor watch programme we only moved round according to the change in wind direction as to be expected.
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Vessel Name: Njord of London
Vessel Make/Model: Malo 39 Classic
Crew: Vic Farhi & Clare Harrison
About: Learnt to sail together and the first sailing experience was in Lanzarote in 2005. We then bought Mandarin, a Bavaria 39 and in June 2012 bought Njord, a Malo 39 from the Baltic.
Extra: As attributed to Mark Twain: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bow lines, sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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