Greece

Lefkas & Preveza, Greece.

After finishing exploring the lovely island of Kefalonia we sailed further North and on 22 July dropped anchor in front of the small fishing harbour of Ligia in the NE of Lefkas island, to position ourselves to sail the Lefkas canal, cut through the salt marsh between the island proper and the main land. Salt

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Kefalonia, Greece, Part 1.

On 01 Jul 2023, we hopped from Ithaka to the neighbouring island of Kefalonia, the largest and perhaps the most varied of the Ionian islands. Upon entering the bay of Fiskardo at the Northern tip of the island we passed the now defunct Venetian lighthouse, and its modern replacement. Fiskardo’s Venetian light house to the

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Ithaka, Greece.

On June 28 we left tranquil Missolonghy and set sail for the 46 miles to Ithaka island in the Ionian sea. It took us almost 10 hours to get there in what was a very relaxed trip. We dropped anchor on a shallow bar between Vathi town and the tiny island of Lazareto in Ormos

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Delphi, Greece.

Being safely at anchor in Galaxidi we rented a car to visit the ancient site of Delphi, you know, from the Oracle of Delphi? There are three bauxite mines in the area North of  the bay and consequently there are ship loaders around Larnakia and the area is covered in a layer of reddish brown

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