Once in the Ionian we enjoyed a great cruising season. We were no longer passage making with long distances to cover but island hopping in which ever way the wind took us. A little strange at first but we soon adapted and would stay in places for a few days exploring the area more. We met up with many friends and made many more too. It was also our first real encounter with “charter” boats. Entertaining if you’re secure and can watch but you sometimes found yourselves protecting your boat from their antics or helping them out of sticky situations. It was also a time that we found ourselves going back into bays we’d been before making it so much easier knowing what to expect, where to drop the anchor or not and where to tie back too. Our favourite place we found and many others have to, is Trizonia in the Gulf of Corinth. An unfinished marina that you tie up in with fresh water, 5 tavernas and a small shop. As long as you go fully stocked up you can stay for ages otherwise it’s a day trip to the local town starting with a 7am ferry (well fishing boat) trip. We very rarely see 7am!
The Ionian is a great cruising ground just a little busy.
We headed back to Kalamata for the winter as the car, that we thought we’d throw away was still there and still working. We decided to use it over the winter and if the Greek authorities wanted to take it away, well they could. They didn’t and we managed to see much of the inland of the Peloponnese. G also did some work on other people’s boats to earn some cruising fund money. The marina management weren’t overly impressed but the boat owners were pleased with word of mouth giving him almost too much work. P became a boat maintenance widow.
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