Friday 14 June 2019 – Vathi (Ithaca)

Up fairly early.  Both slept very well, unusual.  Had a quiet breakfast and decided not to have an early morning swim.  We are headed to Ithaca, not very far away.  About a 20 mile trip.  Richard says that the log shows we came here before.  With great optimism Richard put the mainsail up while we were on anchor. So just before 9am we set off.  We were over optimistic about the sails. There is absolutely no wind whatsoever. So another motor trip in absolutely calm seas. It was so bad that at sea Richard took the mainsail down. 

We got to Vathi at about 1pm.  We had no idea where to go.  We found a wall with a lot of boats on it so guessed that is where we should go.  We found a spot and put our anchor out.  A nice British couple on one side helped with the lines.   I was worried about the anchor holding.  The pilot book refers to mud under weed and we don’t get through weed with our anchor.  But we are here and we hope the anchor is holding.  So far so good even when the afternoon wind came up.  We seem to be OK.

The town is very sweet. Our log shows we have been here before, but we can’t recognise it at all.  Anyway we will stay here tomorrow.  There are shops to provision and showers to be had on shore so we don’t need to use up our water supply.  However, even if we do, there is a water tanker delivering water to the boats.

But I am afraid to say that sailing has not been the main thing on our mind today. We have finally exchanged contracts on our sale and purchase and we shall be moving to our river front flat on 2 August.

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