You can’t use your mobile phone as a hotspot to get internet connection in Greece so not sure if I will be able to update while we are sailing which starts this afternoon, unless we can find wifi.
The sea is dead flat, an incredible aqua blue and Lefkada island is very green compared to Santorini.
The next two weeks we are sailing with a floatilla around the south Ionian Islands of Greece with sailingholidays.com a London company. There are 9 yachts plus the lead yacht (or 10 yachts plus the lead yacht – not sure). All are Beneteau 311’s or 331’s which can sleep 6 but on this trip each has only a couple on board (because it’s not school holidays). The lead yacht has a captain, an engineer and a host on board. They tell you where to go for the day (depending on weather, prevailing winds etc), warn of weather changes, fix things, answer questions, direct you into harbour (we have the harbour manual already – look out for the hidden rocks marked “A”), where the boats all moor together, organise dinners at tavernas and on the beach sometimes.
We were getting a Beneteau 311 (31.1 foot) but have been upgraded to a Beneteau 331 (33.1 foot) (wheel steering, furling genoa, mainsail with lazy jacks, but I am pretty sure the 311 had all that as well) for free because they had a couple looking for a smaller boat and they thought that Beneteau 331 “would be perfect for us with our experience”. We specifically told them neither of us have sailed for 20 years so one can only hope sailing is like riding a bike. Desperately studying the harbour manual so we don’t make complete fools of ourselves.
As you can see my camera man is off doing something more important so you will have to put up with my efforts: Still not our yachts but it is Lefkada Town on Lefkada Island! Lefkada marina (in Lefkada Town) is the (according to them) largest and most modern marina in the Mediterranean. It has berths for 640 yachts.
We are moving on to Syvota a much smaller less touristy spot on the east coast of Lefkada Island, as soon as we meet up with our group.
We stayed on board the boat at Syvota. Very nice little bay.
As you can see my camera man is off doing something more important so you will have to put up with my efforts: Still not our yachts but it is Lefkada Town on Lefkada Island! Lefkada marina (in Lefkada Town) is the (according to them) largest and most modern marina in the Mediterranean. It has berths for 640 yachts.
We are moving on to Syvota a much smaller less touristy spot on the east coast of Lefkada Island, as soon as we meet up with our group.
We stayed on board the boat at Syvota. Very nice little bay.
