Gaios (again!)
Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Wed 10 Sep 2008 06:27
Monday 8th September
Yet another slow start (it very hot!) to the day. Spot of fishing in the bay
before we set off to cover the 14 miles to Paxos Island.
Managed to secure a mooring in pretty much the same place as we had been
before and before long we were joined by English crewed boats on both sides
of us.
We have started planning the countdown to craning Serafina out for the
winter and the list of jobs is very long indeed. Some of course can be done
before she is lifted and so we are beginning to get these done. Fortunately
and old friend of Sarah's is joining us around the 24th Sept for 5 days and
so we are not mentally running down the trip just yet. In fact as we now
have around 2 weeks before she arrives, we are going to head down South
again tomorrow and visit some of the islands and anchorages we missed out on
our headlong rush North! Plenty of old Greek and English friends yet to be
met up with, so lots still to look forward to.
Met up with Patty and her family in the square (did they ever leave it?) and
went for a meal together.
Tuesday 9th September
Had a real problem getting internet access this morning which was
frustrating as I knew I had some work coming in. Finally downloaded around
midday, but then found it hard to get started as there were boats arriving
and mooring up around us and they all needed help with their lines. It turns
out that we have chosen to stay here so that I can get this work done, on
the first day with any real wind! Boat arriving around 2.00pm were reporting
force 6 which is just typical. Finger crossed it blows again tomorrow and we
can have a decent 30 -35 mile run down to Lefkas Island.
Generally it is much quieter here on Paxos now that the peak of the season
has passed by, but it is interesting to note that there are no end of
private and charter yachts still coming in every evening. The other slight
change has been that we are no longer one of the smaller boats, but very
much one of the bigger, grander yachts in town! We are getting endless
admiring looks and complimentary comments from all and sundry which is very
rewarding.