Poros, Corinth Canal to Cephalonia
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Mark & Helen Syrett
Fri 17 May 2013 06:35
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Poros was a lovely place and Tom and Nadine had
rented a villa high up above the town----in the centre of the photo, blue
shutter and single chimney on right.
 the view was amazing
 but the climb up more challenging
 We went and anchored off for swimming and
sunbathing
 and returned for a hearty fish supper----Yannick
ate swordfish
 and then had a sleep
 and Mark looked after Katinka
 We left on Sunday on a lovely calm morning
 and sailed for the Corinth Canal. We arrived at
about 1700 and decided to pass straight through once we had paid and they
dropped the hydraulic bridge
 It was about 8 metres deep (max draught permitted
6.5 metres), 3.2 miles long and 25 metres wide.
 crumbling at the edges
 with a road and rail bridge over the
top
 and rising to 79 metres above sea
level
   At the other end the hydraulic bridge lowered and
we went out into a big sea and 25 knots of wind. After a gruelling 6 hours we
found shelter on the north side of the Gulf at Paralia where we stayed for the
night and the next day whilst the wind howled.
 We motored down the Gulf of Corinth and stopped
overnight at Trizonia, an unfinished marina but a lovely little village. The
marina need some TLC and removal of a sunken yacht
    and then onto Sami on Cephalonia passing under the
Rion-Andirrion bridge
  We arrived at Sami at about 1930 and anchored
stern-to the quay next to Maximilian and reunited ourselves with Ian and Carole
Clothier who we sailed with down the Portugese coast two years ago
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