Diary entry number seven - Inland Sea - Position 38:57.45N 20:45.31E

California of London
Allan and Ruth Dooley
Sat 30 May 2009 18:37
Joined on Saturday 23 May by my brother Ian, nephew Elliot, cousin Steve and his daughter Amy. 
 
Delightful week spent sailing around Inland sea - Meganisi, Kalamos, Ithaca and Cephalonia before ending up at Preveza.  Lots of sailing - good breezes every day so very little motoring.  On Monday we had a cracking sail fully reefed down in 25 knots gusting 30 knots but on a flat sea.  There was also some good light winds sailing - goosewinging downwind towards the end of the week.
 
Highlights of the week included visiting Port Leone on Kalamos which is a village which was deserted after it was wrecked in the 1953 earthquake.  The crew also liked Kioni on Ithaca as well as the wonderfully quiet anchorages on Meganisi.  On Cephalonia we watched Captain Correlli's Mandolin on DVD on board before visting the beach where it was filmed the following day!
 
Food on board was excellent due to Ian's inventive cooking and all in all a very relaxing and enjoyable week.  The weather stayed fine until this morning where we saw the first rain for a fortnight - but it didn't last long.
 
Today we visited the ruins of Nicopolis, a Roman city built by Octavian after he defeated Anthony just off Preveza.  It was fascinating how much remains from then and from the early Christian settlement on the same site.
 

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