Saturday 15^th August – Órmos Abelike, Meganisi

38:40.212N 20:47.369E

When we awoke we found that the late arrival had left early; obviously put off by being so close with our late night session.

After breakfast, Cape put their generator on.  Naturally we followed suit on Pyxis and then the chap on the Australian boat the other side of us decided to christen his;  it was giving him some trouble so he popped over for a chat and out came the electrical manuals. 

Cape went off to the point of the bay for some serious snorkelling and we went for a potter round the bay in the dinghy to check out the small beaches.  On the way around we called in on Ian on Northern Lights for a chat.

Enya arrived late morning – we had warned them that the flotillas were in but should be moving on.  By the time they arrived only a few of the flotilla boats had set off and so it was still busy.  They decided that the bay was too busy for them and went back across to Varko Bay – we will catch up with them another time.

Late afternoon, just as Richard and David were about to leave for a walk into Vathi, the Australian boat found itself drifting back towards the shore and quickly had to go out and reset its anchor.  The anchor may have been tripped this morning when some of the boats the other side left and it only became apparent when the afternoon wind got up and started gusting.  The trip to Vathi was put on hold briefly whilst we used the dinghy to help with their shore lines.

Whilst Richard was ashore I ran the water maker; he was back just as I finished and was able to help with the washing up – not great timing on his part he thought.

In the evening a boat came in late and failed to park safely in several places over at least an hour.  As we were having dinner it was on the move again and all the boats nearby were on deck watching and worrying about their own anchors as it continued trying to reset its anchor, it being dark when they were making their final efforts.  Eventually most of the anchorage lost patience with them and we heard many people shouting at them.  I tried to be helpful and suggest they go into the next bay where they could anchor freely without lines to shore but they then made yet another effort to park.  They were only in place 5 minutes before they had to up anchor again – they are currently anchored freely at the entrance to the bay and we all hope they stay there and not try to get in anywhere again tonight.

This evening we have had a quiet night on board.