Lefkas Town

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Mon 27 Apr 2009 20:12
38:56.9N 20:45.7E

Sunday 26th April

Slightly grey and dull start to the day which made us reluctant starters,
but we got away from Gaios at 9.00am and headed south for Lefkas Island.

The wind was non-existent (4 knots) on the nose and the sea was a glassy
calm so we motored gently along, passing a few yachts and avoiding a couple
of big ferries along the way. We arrived at the northern entrance to the
Lefkas canal just in time for the 2.00pm bridge opening. The entrance to the
canal is fraught with danger combining an unmarked heavily silted sandbar to
starboard, with an submerged Venetian road which is only partially buoyed to
port!

Last year this was very shallow and we have met several boats that got into
quite a lot of trouble here. However they have been dredging over the winter
and we passed the large crane and drag gear as we approached and saw the
huge pile of sand they have dredged up so far. The catch is that there is no
way of knowing where exactly they dredged the sand up from, so you still
have to watch the forward looking sonar with eagle eyes! The bridge opened
for us (10 minutes late, but who cares) and we made our way to Lefkas Town.
The quay that we used last time we were here, leased by Joe Charlton was
full of boats which was a surprise and given that the forecast was for a
force 8 gale, we elected to go into the marina for a night.

Had our usual wander around the marina looking at boats and came across
Ayesha (Swan 48) who we had been moored alongside in Cleopatra Marina
(Preveza). They invited us board for a drink (or two) which rounded off the
day very nicely.