Before we left Corfu we were thrilled to meet up with friends Colin and Sandra Baxter in Corfu old town, where they were spending a couple of nights before a week’s holiday in a villa further up the island. We had a great lunch and tried to put the world to right, but there was not enough time before we had to head back to the Marina on the bus.
We wanted to make our trip from Corfu to Lefkas last as long as possible as we were on countdown for going home and our last week was looking settled. We spent a couple of hot, windless days anchored off Petriti on the south coast of Corfu and with the promise of wind we set off towards Lefkas planning to stop over at one of the bays on the mainland coast. We fetched up in Two Rock Bay quite late in the day and the pretty bay was quite busy with anchored boats. A catamaran obligingly decided to leave creating a useful space for us to drop our anchor. The hard sand was not the best of holding but we had a calm night ahead. We spent most of the next morning exploring the bay in the dinghy to discover a nice beach, interesting rock formations and a surprisingly small sandy anchorage area. In line with the rocks that gave the bay its name was a seriously rocky bottom not at all suitable for an anchor, and we were rather shocked to see a charter boat drop in that area. Wonder if they ever got away!
A brisk afternoon sail got us to Preveza and we spent the next couple of days enjoying the inner sea behind Preveza which is the Gulf of Amvrakia. It is a vast area of water with the towns of Vonitsa, Loutraki, Amfilokhia and Meidhion flanking its shores over its 20 mile length. Unfortunately for sailors there are lots of fish farms occupying great swathes of coastline both to the north and the south and they move around all the time, limiting the places to go and explore. We did enjoy visiting Vonitsa and spent one night in a delightful anchorage behind an island in the bay of Vonitsa and another night in the harbour at Vonitsa.
This mainland town was surprisingly quiet and we took advantage of an empty carpark adjacent to the harbour wall to fold up and pack the foresail we had to remove as part of our closing down preparations. Sadly these had to continue in Preveza Marina where unusually hot temperatures in the mid thirties, made the work a real chore.
As I write the wind is howling and forecast to continue with vengeance through tomorrow which is our lift out day. Assuming we do lift out, it looks like we will be lacing up Deja Vu’s cover during Monday or Tuesday night which seems to be the only time when there will be a lull in the wind!
All being well we will be home on July 5th and Nigel will be having his hip revision operation towards the end of the month. This marks an early end to our sailing season for this year. We have sailed 600 miles in Ionian waters, travelling twice to and from Corfu to Lefkas, but we have enjoyed our visitors and exploring some new places. With Nigel all fixed up we hope to pick up where we leave off next May for some more adventures.
Deja Vu 
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