I woke at 6ish as usual but decided there was no point in leaving too early as I would miss the wind. I left Tow Rocks Bay at 10am innfkat calm conditions with no wind. I turned the engine off two hours later at noon with about 5 knots on the beam. I sailed in lovely conditions for a while but after confirming with Judith on MollyMoo what time the Lefkas Canal Bridge opened I worried I was going to miss the 5pm opening. I held my nerve and the wind and sea.began to build a bit. Within about three hours I was sailing at 4 knots and confident I was going to make it. the wind was about 10 - 12 knots at this point. When the gusts reached 14 I reefed the genoa a bit and again when they reached 16. When they reached 17 I put one reef in the mainsail. it became clear in a moderate beam sea that I would be too early for the bridge so instead of going through the hassle of tying up alongside or anchoring I decided to slow down. I dropped the mainsail. the wind was now touching 20 knots and I ended up with a tiny scrap of Genoa struggling to go less than 3 knots. I expect there was some current or wave action at play as well. Anyway I arrived in blustery conditions turning the engine on about 300m from the north entrance to the canal and there were about 10 of us waiting to go through. several boats weighed anchor as I arrived and there was some shouting and screaming as people.oushed in, etc. The bridge opened on time and we all went through. The canal seemed to go on for ages and when it eventually opened out I turned off the engine and sailed under genoa towards the turn towards Nydri and Vliho Bay. As I got close to the turn the wind shifted 180 degrees (guessing it's a local thing due to the islands etc) and I had to motor the rest of the way. I arrived in Vliho Bay, spotted MollyMoo and anchored in about 6 or 7 metres a couple of hundred metres from.them. the anchor bit immediately. When I did the engine checks the following morning I noticed I seemed to have lost a little oil - only a very little - despite the oil pressure behaving itself..Something to keep an eye on

Two Rocks Bay to Vliho Bay

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