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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
We left Meganosi at 9.30am, with the idea of getting to the Corinth Channel in 2 days. The Corinth Chanel will allow us to take a short cut to the Greek Islands, rather than go around the bottom of Greece.
We would have left earlier, but in typical Greek tradition nothing opened on time. We had our showers etc, and set out on our way. The girls made us breakfast on the boat, which was basically a fruit salad and this fantastic Greek yogurt. Mind you if we keep eating it, we have to suggest to Brian that he buys a bigger boat. Anyway, by the ti_me we cleared the island, we had gotton rid of the pesky wasps that were trying to have us for -breakfast. The morning was absolutely stupendous, calm, light breeze, warm and cl
ear. Stuart took over the wheel, we set the music going and made our way down to the Gulf of Petr as. Stuart did really well, as the area has some tricky sailing because of the mudflats around areas of the islands. The depth can go from 4 to 5 metres, to 150-200 m in a very short distance.
During the journey, I got my keyboard out to do a bit of practice, believe me I need it. Stuart was singing along as he was driving. All I can say is thank god we were out in the middle of the ocean where no one could hear us. Even the fish were swimming away.
Cheryl is still suffering from swollen ankles, so she spent time lying under a couple of towels, on the deck, with Ice bags around her ankles. Hopefully she will get rid of them over the next couple of days.
The journey itself was quite uneventful. Again the girls made a beautiful lunch with the fresh bread we got from the island before we left. (Greeks make great bread)
After lunch I went down stairs and left Stuart to sail. By the time I had awoken, Brian had sailed the boat in to Messolongion Marina. Again a little tricky, as they have cut a very big channel through the mudflats into this Marina, which is only 3 years old. We were able to berth the boat sideways today, which was easy. Given the fact we had done so well, we had lots of time up our sleeves, so we went to the pub. The guy that runs the pub (cafe? call them what you want) was Australian. He left Aussie when he was 6.
We would have left earlier, but in typical Greek tradition nothing opened on time. We had our showers etc, and set out on our way. The girls made us breakfast on the boat, which was basically a fruit salad and this fantastic Greek yogurt. Mind you if we keep eating it, we have to suggest to Brian that he buys a bigger boat. Anyway, by the ti_me we cleared the island, we had gotton rid of the pesky wasps that were trying to have us for -breakfast. The morning was absolutely stupendous, calm, light breeze, warm and cl
ear. Stuart took over the wheel, we set the music going and made our way down to the Gulf of Petr as. Stuart did really well, as the area has some tricky sailing because of the mudflats around areas of the islands. The depth can go from 4 to 5 metres, to 150-200 m in a very short distance.
During the journey, I got my keyboard out to do a bit of practice, believe me I need it. Stuart was singing along as he was driving. All I can say is thank god we were out in the middle of the ocean where no one could hear us. Even the fish were swimming away.
Cheryl is still suffering from swollen ankles, so she spent time lying under a couple of towels, on the deck, with Ice bags around her ankles. Hopefully she will get rid of them over the next couple of days.
The journey itself was quite uneventful. Again the girls made a beautiful lunch with the fresh bread we got from the island before we left. (Greeks make great bread)
After lunch I went down stairs and left Stuart to sail. By the time I had awoken, Brian had sailed the boat in to Messolongion Marina. Again a little tricky, as they have cut a very big channel through the mudflats into this Marina, which is only 3 years old. We were able to berth the boat sideways today, which was easy. Given the fact we had done so well, we had lots of time up our sleeves, so we went to the pub. The guy that runs the pub (cafe? call them what you want) was Australian. He left Aussie when he was 6.
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