At 9:00 in the morning, just after our breakfast the two yacht service
guys arrived. One hour later the gennaker block in the mast top was mounted.
Meanwhile we discovered that the mainsail delivery was not complete…to the two top
battens were missing in the delivery. Not good at all since without battens the
sail would wear out must faster. But I managed to fix some temporary battens by
using/adjusting some remaining from the old main sail. But not really perfect.
Grrr.
After lunch we sailed away at 4 pm. One and a half hour later we reached
Lefkas canal. We have heard horrible stories at dinner the night before from
another Swedish boat at the marina. The canal had some big rocks at the “right”
side of the red buoyed line of the canal. Just a week ago a boat had grounded
there. So better keep at the “sand” side of the canal was the guidance we got.
We did, but it still felt a bit scary when the depth meter displayed 2.2 m at
one occasion. Well, the draught of my boat is 2.2m…However everything went fine
and we arrived to the lovely and from wind very well protected Ormos Vlikho (a
bay shaped as a lamp bulb) half an hour
before sunset I switched on the anchor light and we made the short dinghy trip
to the Taverna Elena where we had a really good meal. Pitch dark on the way
back, trying to find our boat among tens
of other boats lying for anchor. Bedtime.
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