Nidri

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Mon 27 Apr 2009 20:13
38:41.3N 20:42.5E

Monday 27th April

Woke up to a fairly brisk breeze and rain, but no sign of a gale.

We had decided to make a day of it here anyway as we had things to buy in
town and at the chandlers etc. However by lunchtime the grib (internet
weather) files showed that the big winds were passing to the west of the
island so we decided to avoid paying for another night at this expensive
marina and paid up and pushed off in the mid afternoon heading south for
Nidri Town.

As we left Lefkas the wind began to rise and as we cleared the southern
entrance to the canal we had a steady 20 knots bang on the nose. So we
raised sail and had a wonderful beat all the way down to Nidri where we
dropped the sails and motored past all the assembled flotilla yachts
preparing for the new season and dropped anchor in the huge open spaces on
Vliho Bay.