Wasps love bbqs too 🐝

Becca

We woke up at 8am to a lovely calm bay and bright sun appearing ☀️ After a relaxed breakfast, we left the bay and headed left into the channel between Lefkada and Meganisi. There was a slight breeze so the crew swiftly got the sails up as I helmed. The sea was scattered with sailboats heading in all directions. Dad helmed as we slowly made our way between the two islands. Sadly, the more we got into the channel, the more protected we were from the wind. We ended up motoring quite a way until we reached the bay. We had a few attempts at anchoring in the turquoise water on the east of the bay but sadly it was too deep and wasn’t holding. So we headed further in near the beach. We got the anchor down and the cheese out. 🧀 After a lunchtime swim and Paul’s attempts at paddleboarding, we decided to head slightly further out to find a spot for the night. We saw a small cove with a cave and a private beach which looked extremely tempting. We drove in, dropped our anchor and tied lines to shore to get the perfect parking spot. We must have done well, as several boats came in over the next few hours trying to park next to us, failing, before giving up and leaving! The only downside the this “perfect” spot was the hundreds of wasps who also love bbqs! We ended the evening with a trip to the beach on Kevin and stargazing with Rum and cokes 🍹

Chris Jacob

I’m lying in the hammock writing my daily log, with a rum and coke, looking at a sky full of stars. What a difference a day makes in the world of sailing! We set off quite late, with a slow start and breakfast on the pontoon. Eventually set off around 10, after saying our farewells to Barry who was off in Corfu direction (still amazed by this encounter!) A few things were missing from our provisions, so we dropped Becca off in Vathy with a Beruit-Berthing to go to the shops (this is term coined from us picking up @cesar from Cala Figuera by reversing to the pontoon to drop off / pick up a crew member without ever stopping / using lines). We then headed for Poros, which involved some slow-medium-slow-medium-slow down wind sailing and a tiny bit of medium-very slow upwind sailing. Lots of fun taking the sails up and down! Anchoring in Poros wasn’t ideal. We tried along the northern edge, but couldn’t get a good holding 🍀 ☘️ 😬. Conscious that nobody had been in the sea yet, despite arriving 24hrs ago, we anchored off the beach - which was actually quite nice. It wasn’t the long line remote bay experience though, so we moved to the south west corner to Scorpion Bay and anchored in 15m water drifting back right across the bay and putting lines ashore, courtesy of Becca on the paddleboard and Paul on the anchor 💪. A number of boats came and went trying to anchor near us, eventually two smaller French boats settled for the night. Once all the day trippers left, it was just 3 yachts in quite a large bay. Amazing luck at this time of year! Then we started the BBQ… 😬 A great BBQ spread, but this opinion was also shared by Greece’s wasp population 🐝 I’ve experienced bad wasps onboard before, but this was a new extreme. It got to the point where you don’t even care anymore, I was cooking with wasps on me. We ate in separate corners of the boat, pretending to enjoy our luxury holiday, before spraying the boat down and escaping on Kevin to the beach. By the time we came back, the boat had been deserted. Perfect time for moon and star gazing. Now time for a rum and to write my log 🖊️

Chris Jacobs

I’m lying in the hammock writing my daily log, with a rum and coke, looking at a sky full of stars. What a difference a day makes in the world of sailing! We set off quite late, with a slow start and breakfast on the pontoon. Eventually set off around 10, after saying our farewells to Barry who was off in Corfu direction (still amazed by this encounter!) A few things were missing from our provisions, so we dropped Becca off in Vathy with a Beruit-Berthing to go to the shops (this is term coined from us picking up @cesar from Cala Figuera by reversing to the pontoon to drop off / pick up a crew member without ever stopping / using lines). We then headed for Poros, which involved some slow-medium-slow-medium-slow down wind sailing and a tiny bit of medium-very slow upwind sailing. Lots of fun taking the sails up and down! Anchoring in Poros wasn’t ideal. We tried along the northern edge, but couldn’t get a good holding 🍀 ☘️ 😬. Conscious that nobody had been in the sea yet, despite arriving 24hrs ago, we anchored off the beach - which was actually quite nice. It wasn’t the long line remote bay experience though, so we moved to the south west corner to Scorpion Bay and anchored in 15m water drifting back right across the bay and putting lines ashore, courtesy of Becca on the paddleboard and Paul on the anchor 💪. A number of boats came and went trying to anchor near us, eventually two smaller French boats settled for the night. Once all the day trippers left, it was just 3 yachts in quite a large bay. Amazing luck at this time of year! Then we started the BBQ… 😬 A great BBQ spread, but this opinion was also shared by Greece’s wasp population 🐝 I’ve experienced bad wasps onboard before, but this was a new extreme. It got to the point where you don’t even care anymore, I was cooking with wasps on me. We ate in separate corners of the boat, pretending to enjoy our luxury holiday, before spraying the boat down and escaping on Kevin to the beach. By the time we came back, the boat had been deserted. Perfect time for moon and star gazing. Now time for a rum and to write my log 🖊️