Next morning in Killini we were up bright and early to sail
up to the Gulf of Patras. It was
quite a long day but was made very memorable by sailing under the huge
suspension bridge at Patras.
It was quite enormous but we
still felt uneasy sailing below it!
We had to radio the bridge control to ask for permission to
travel underneath and we were then told which span to pass below. This
depended on what ships were also travelling up and down the gulf.
Once past the bridge we headed over to Navpaktos which is an
absolutely amazing little medieval harbour. The pilot book suggested that
we would be able to moor inside the harbour but fortunately when we sailed past
the entrance we realised that there was absolutely no chance of us managing to
fit Akibbon inside. We were able to anchor just outside the harbour and
fortunately there was a little bit of shelter there as it was blowing quite
hard – again!
Navpaktos
Navpaktos harbour
Castle above Navpaktos
Distance run 41.75nM Cumulative total
3066.80nM
