We arrived at the boat early enough in the evening of the 31st August to reassemble the floor and table after the work that had been done to clean out the port fuel tank. This was for the second time and we paid for the privilege so we were pleased to see it pristine. All fuel tanks will have bio residue, which we had and it will, in time, develop into bio diesel bug if left idle. Our mission will be to leave the tanks as low as possible at the end of the season, especially on the starboard side as this will need to be cleaned again as well! With the advent of bio diesel, vigilance and cleaning will become yet another part of the annual maintenance routine.
We launched and went across to Preveza for a couple of days to get supplies and, importantly, to await the arrival of a new anchor controller as the old one finally gave up the ghost.
Whilst there we visited some favourite haunts and met up with friends, old and new, which is always a joy. We will hopefully keep in touch with Maria and Harry from Bonnie Ellen, another Sunbeam, and who live close to us in UK!
The Levkas canal has been a headache as it had been closed to shipping for some long time in the summer. Fortunately a ferry has been installed to allow cars to cross continuously and it moves out of position into the harbour to allow boat traffic to transit at prescribed times during the day.
We sailed down to Lefkas, made the transit along with a fleet of other boats, overnighted in Vliho Bay and sailed down to Sivota to a warm welcome from the Stavros team and a fun evening. Photos below show northern tip of Kefalonia, and a more rugged view of the terrain, half way down the northern part.
Efimia next, met up with Makis the harbourmaster, then on to Poros where we anchored off the beach for a very welcome swim before heading into the harbour for the night. Had an excellent meal in a restaurant overlooking the beach to the north and out to sea in the East. Watched a spectacular lightening display over the mountains of the Peloponnese as we ate our fish. Poros photos below.
Our target destination was Katakolon as we decided we would like to revisit Olympia. We decided on a long day at sea on Monday 8th September with only part sailing, the majority under motor. 43 miles later we were tied up on the quay at Katakolon.
From the quayside in Katakolon we joined the wee train across the car park the next day and had a super day in Olympia, visiting the archaeological site and the two excellent museums there, photos below to illustrate our visit.
Our next stop will be Zakinthos Town, where amazingly we have a rendezvous with nephew James and his wife Catherine, who just happen to be revisiting the island 28 years after their honeymoon destination! Thereafter we have plans to meet up with our native friends Babs and Makis who have a home in the north (as well as in Sussex) and then, on Monday, our friends Brian and Michele fly in to spend a week on board to travel north with us on our return. More in the next blog!
Deja Vu 
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