I slipped the lines at around midday as the was a little breeze blowing in the bay. it was coming from the opposite side to the one I expected but I motored out of the dog leg and into the inland sea and immediately got the sails up. there was about 6 knots of wind on the starboard beam and it was a gentle sail to the Meganisi Strait. A few hundred yards from the start the wind went more aft and I took down the mainsail to let the genoa do it's job. A few minutes later the wind died completely. The boat sat in 0 knots for about 15-20 minutes and then a breeze spring up that allowed me to sail into the strait where I go see other boats sailing - mainly tacking up. out of the channel. the wind solidified and  there was up to about 10 knots apparent directly behind Naxos, who was doing about 4 knots of boat speed. the wind died down a bit as we reached Nydri and I started to sail through the chicane with about 6 knots on the beam and a reefed genoa. unfortunately the wind dropped to 2 knots and I decided it wasn't enough to be safe so I turned the engine on, motored into the bay and dropped the anchor in 7m. All in all,.a nice sail

Sivota Pontoons to Vliho Bay

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