The plan had been to spend a full week with Faye, Guy and the girls on board, 28th August – 5th September, but Nigel had been laid low with a virus at home and we had to delay our departure to allow him as full a recovery as possible. In the event the family travelled ahead of us and secured a very nice apartment in the centre of Preveza town for the three nights it took us to get to Déjà Vu, prepare the boat and get her launched. By Tuesday 31st August, we were ready to welcome everyone on board.
We set off from Preveza down to the Lefkas bridge and canal and visited Vathi and then Port Atheni on Megannissi, Sivota and Vliho Bay on Lefkas before returning to Lefkas Marina where the family had to depart.
Our very special time together was quite predictably child centric and we had a wonderful few days sailing, swimming, rowing, messing about, eating and sleeping. It was action packed with Nigel and I hardly remembering where the time went to! On board the girls had to learn how to move around the boat safely and make up their very popular pirate beds. They rewarded us with full night sleeps, such was their level of exhaustion! And ours!
Each day we sailed and anchored, launched the dinghy for trips to the beach and we all enjoyed much hilarity swimming in the sea with buoyancy aids and noodles. Nigel devised some important tasks for the girls to do whilst on board to earn a sailing certificate from Grandpa’s Academy of Sailing. Martha successfully learned to manage the steps down into the cabin from the cockpit and she learned some boating terms, notably bow and stern. Rose managed to tie a bowline, helm, use the winch handle and more! They both took turns to help drop the anchor.
We did have a couple of boat concerns along the way which required some troubleshooting and remedial action. Nigel was extremely grateful for Guy’s help at sourcing problems and then helping, hands on, to rectify them. Ah, the joys of boating life, it is not all romantic!
We hope the ensuing photos tell the story of our busy half a week. Plenty of happy faces describe very accurately our holiday together. Thanks to both Faye and Guy for supplying most of the excellent photos! We hope everyone had as brilliant a time as we did. We miss you, come again soon.
Learning knots 
This is the life! 
Stories together, then a pirate bed each!
Happy Captain!
Time for a beer!
Deja Vu 
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