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Location Date Athens 1345158000 Kos Town 1345158000 Astipalaia 1344639600 Santorini 1344553200 Paros 1344466800 Ermoupoli 1344380400 Kithnos 1344294000 Poros 1344207600 Aegina Town 1344121200 Messolonghi 1343948400 Messolongi 1343948400 Corinth 
1343948400 Meganisi 1343862000 Preveza 1343689200
Today was our biggest trip so far approx 87nms. We left Missalonghi at 6.00 and we arrived in Corinth at 6.00 pm. The Corinth channel is just the other side of the bay. The channel itself is only 3.2 mile long, and 25m wide. It also has limestone walls that go straight up for approx 79 metres. In the early days the Roman slaves used to have to tow ships across land, on wooden rollers, to get to the ocean on the other side. The actual channel was built in 1893 by a French company. We are really looking forward to going through it.
Todays trip was really uneventful, but the highlight was going under the Rion bridge. This bridge is now the largest suspension bridge in the world. We went over the bridge on our way to Preveza, and now we have gone under it.
The Gulf of Corinth is lined with villages on both sides for much of the way. I was also surprised by the amount of wind turbines lining the top of the mountains. Greece is certainly doing its bit in helping the environment. . The City of Corinth is very nice, the Ma
rina is a free one, so there are no facilities. Coming into the Marina was a little deceiving, and we had a man on the wharf shouting instructions to us, and Stuart (whose knowledge of the Greek language is as about as deep of my knowledge of Latin) politely told him Brian knew what he was doing, that was until we ran aground! Stuart had a laugh, the guy had a laugh, and so we made our way to a different part of the Marina that could take a boat our size.
We all alighted and headed for town. We got to the first main road, and were having difficulty crossing the road, that is until one of the stray Marina dogs stepped out onto the road. All the traffic came to a abrupt halt, and we followed the dog. We had a quick look around the town, mainly to locate the supermarket, and for the girls to locate a shop to buy some pillows. Brian Stuart and I tested out on of the many bars while the girls were away. (and it passed the test)
The girls came back, had a quick drink, and then we headed back to the boat to get cleaned up for tea. We then headed back to town, which was very busy with people dining out. After walking around to check out all the great shops (shoes, dresses :( ) we finally got something to eat. It is about 11 pm now, and I will go to bed, get some sleep and make a reasonable start tomorrow.
Todays trip was really uneventful, but the highlight was going under the Rion bridge. This bridge is now the largest suspension bridge in the world. We went over the bridge on our way to Preveza, and now we have gone under it.
The Gulf of Corinth is lined with villages on both sides for much of the way. I was also surprised by the amount of wind turbines lining the top of the mountains. Greece is certainly doing its bit in helping the environment. . The City of Corinth is very nice, the Ma
rina is a free one, so there are no facilities. Coming into the Marina was a little deceiving, and we had a man on the wharf shouting instructions to us, and Stuart (whose knowledge of the Greek language is as about as deep of my knowledge of Latin) politely told him Brian knew what he was doing, that was until we ran aground! Stuart had a laugh, the guy had a laugh, and so we made our way to a different part of the Marina that could take a boat our size.
We all alighted and headed for town. We got to the first main road, and were having difficulty crossing the road, that is until one of the stray Marina dogs stepped out onto the road. All the traffic came to a abrupt halt, and we followed the dog. We had a quick look around the town, mainly to locate the supermarket, and for the girls to locate a shop to buy some pillows. Brian Stuart and I tested out on of the many bars while the girls were away. (and it passed the test)
The girls came back, had a quick drink, and then we headed back to the boat to get cleaned up for tea. We then headed back to town, which was very busy with people dining out. After walking around to check out all the great shops (shoes, dresses :( ) we finally got something to eat. It is about 11 pm now, and I will go to bed, get some sleep and make a reasonable start tomorrow.
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