Tuesday 19th August

Up at 7.00am to get away before all the rush!

Quietly went about the quite lengthy process of recovering the three lines we had ashore, before getting the dinghy back to the boat and raising the anchor. No wind to speak of, so this was all very calm and easy! Eventually we got all sorted out and tied the dinghy down on the foredeck and set off for Lefkas Town to search for a dentist.

The route to Lefkas, took us north past the island of Arkoudhi on our right and then up the Meganisi Channel with Meganisi Island to our right and Lefkas Island to our left. Next we passed between the town of Nidri (Lefkas Island) where Sarah spent a large part of 1980 teaching sailing and the Onassis' private island of Skorpios. Finally the trip today ended as we motored up the Lefkas canal to the town quay where we found a perfect spot empty. We dropped our anchor and reversed carefully into the gap, tying up around Midday.

We locked up Serafina and went immediately to find our friend Joe Charlton to get a recommendation for a dentist. Joe was out on a job when we got to his office, but his wife Robin, helpfully made a call and sent Sarah off to a nearby dental practice. Sadly it turned out that this dentist was on holiday, so Sarah returned to see Robin again and got the details of a second one. There was a bit of luck this time as the dentist (who was supposed to be on holiday too) had pooped in to do an emergency job, so she was able to make an appointment for Sarah to return in two days time, which was the best she could offer.

During the afternoon we sorted out a few outstanding jobs on Serafina and then around 5.00pm, Sarah set off again into the town to see if she could find a dentist prepared to do something today. The very good news is that this time she got lucky and although the dentist had no English, he got on with fixing both the broken tooth and the broken crown immediately! Fingers crossed that this time it all holds together until November.

Spot of nostalgia when a flotilla of Jaguars (Sailing Holidays) came in, which reminded me how stressful it had been trying to moor up such a fleet every night. Also there was one of the old Seascape Sadler 32's, now in private hands of course, moored on the quay.

We plan to stay here for another day and then head south to Meganisi and spend a day or two anchored in one of the bays there, before heading North to the island of Paxos via Peveza, which is on the mainland.