Navplion and surrounding anchorages

Arwenofbosham
Rob and Jacky Black
Mon 19 Sep 2011 19:23
37 19.6 N 23 08.6E
Porto Kheli, Koiladhia, Navplion
7th - 14th September
We went on from Ermioni to Porto Kheli and managed
to get a stern to berth here despite it being fairly busy. This is a very large
safe bay with loads of laid moorings and boats
winter afloat in the bay. We found a boat yard that
manages the moorings and have a very good price from them for next summer so we
may well leave the boat there for the 6 week trip back to the UK
in July and August. The supermarket was also
excellent and there is a fast ferry to Piraeus 3 times a day. Having taken water
and fuel we next went to the large bay further north called Koiladhia
where
we had heard about a good yard for lifting and
storing the boat. The bay was very sheltered and provided an excellent anchorage
for a few nights. There were turtles swimming here and in fact shortly after we
arrived Rob rowed out to examine
a carcass in the water - we were not sure what it
was from the view through the binoculars - it turned out to be a dead turtle
floating upside-down! So sad to see - it had been dead for some time but was
still bleeding from a severe puncture wound right through it's
shell!
We visited the boat yard and it certainly seems to
be excellent - very professionally managed, clean with strong well made cradles
for the boats and showers toilets and a laundry room - all important things when
you are laying up a boat!
next stop was the lovely town of Navplion where we
backed onto the town quay. This proved to be a bit dusty and busy in the day but
little noise at night. There were plenty of shops and bars and cafes etc - the
town is charming with narrow alleyways and picturesque buildings with balconies
covered in climbing plants - passed their best now but still very colourful.
Jacky took the local bus to visit the ancient Mycenaean settlement some 60
kilometers away. It was very interesting
and the small museum and treasury had some amazing
artifacts including bits of armor used during the Trojan wars.
We spent our final night in this area at anchor in
one of the outer bays of Porto Kheli before leaving very early - 0400 to
sail to Milos.
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