Jennie and Klaus came 10:00 and picked us up in their car for a visit in
their house and a possible swim in the community’s pool up the hill. A cute
little house in a quiet environment and breathtaking view over the Korfos bay
including their and our boat. So is
something this a possible resort for us after retirement? Perhaps. As Klaus and
Jennie said, they did not like the climate in Germany or England – and who can
disagree? Here in Greece the lowest temperature in winter at night is like 6-7
degrees, but during daytime they can always have coffee or lunch at their
balcony looking over Korfos and the bay. One alternative is of course to rent
their guesthouse (ferienwohnung.de>Greece>Korfos>St Helios) like the
other German family we met yesterday. We met them again, Daniel and Tina with
their two children, at the community pool and had a water polo game together.
Daniel and Tina had met each other in Greece seventeen years ago and had every
year since spent some of their vacation in various places all over Greece.
After some provisioning and a walk down to Korfos village it was time
for departure. We were aiming for Epidhavros harbor and the famous amphitheatre
there. We were also told by the restaurant owner that we had to leave since he
had an agreement with a boat charter company to let 12 of their boats use his
restaurant quay for shifting crew and of course to have something to eat. I
prepared the main sail with 1 reef, since I expected winds over 10 m/s. Almost
everything was well prepared when we left. Almost. Everything but the bl-y
power cable which still was plugged in both the boat and the restaurant quay.
It snatched off without any hesitation and the remaining part in land dropped
in to the sea with some beautiful sparks. Well I was not in the mode of
enjoying it. We had to drop anchor just some 50 m away and Sally got the
shameful mission to row back with the dinghy and fetch the remaining land
connector and possibly to pay for any damage caused. I have made so many
departures in almost 20 years without this happening, but some time must be the
first. Silly.
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| Epidhavros from anchor position |
Anyway we went off by sail and it was the wind I expected. Neo Epidhavros
was just around the corner, just one and a half hour away. The harbor was full,
though. Some boats had their dinghies blocking any further mooring, and left
their boat. No one came out to help us either, and with this wind we decided to
go another half an hour to the other larger Epidhavros harbor. This was also
full, with charter flotillas. But here it was possible to drop anchor outside
the harbour, still quite well protected. We got a good place with possibilities
to swing around without hitting any other boats. Provided we hadn’t dragged
with the anchor, that is. Laying on a sway anchor meant we had to drop the idea
taking a half an hour taxi up to the amphitheatre. We settled with taking the
dinghy into shore and had a nice meal in Epidhavros town.
When we came back to the boat in the night we discovered that the boat
and anchor had dragged a bit. But the wind had now dropped completely and the
sea was flat. We put all the fenders out and promised ourselves to have an
anchor check every time we woke up during the night.
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