Off The Beaten Track
Gillyb
Tue 21 Jun 2011 08:00
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Position: 38:15.0N 24:07.8E
Dear All,
We are going further north up between the island of
Evia, (2nd largest greek island after Crete) and the mainland. We dropped
off John & Liz in Olympic Marina then went to a deserted place called
Vasiliko Bay on a group of very small islands which are not really
inhabited. There were only four yachts there all night and it was a
beautiful beach with rocky caves and places to explore.
Next stop was a hurricane hole called Voufalo which
had a lovely little bay behind a sand spit and a reported wreck in the
middle! When we got there we carefully spied the water bottle floating
over the 'wreck' which turned out to be only a small motor sport boat
which was sunk upright i.e. with the bow pointing upwards - presumably with the
outboard sunk at the bottom. Why the greek village hadn't
shifted it was a mystery but maybe there are some local politics we don't
understand!
We met a nice german couple on a Contest who
explained that they were moving to another bay to be safe in the expected NE
F6 - 7 (Meltemi type wind). So when Naivasha with Ron and Tony,
joined us we all went in convoy back to the small town of Panayia.
It hardly gets a mention in the book but it is a lovely beach and we are tucked
up on the wall enjoying the taverna opposite and the swimming.
There are two supermarkets and a baker and some greek tourists but we are the
only three yachts here. Graham's 'new best friend' in the taverna is
going to get us some gas from the next town today and also some water
tonight.
Last night we ate in the taverna with the
German couple who also had coffee and schnapps (theirs) and ouzo
(ours)on Gilly B afterwards! We slept well!
We have done some washing and shopping and had the
generator on this morning to boost the flagging batteries. Otherwise
we are all ship shape and waiting for the weather to blow through before we go
further up towards the Khalkis bridge.
Bye for Now
Gilly B
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