Eretria
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Steve & Chris
Sun 30 Aug 2009 14:19
38:23.25 n
23:47.9E
Friday 28th August
2009
After a
disappointing overnight stay at the yacht club we decided to move on to
Eretria. We slipped moorings late morning and passed under the suspension
bridge which is the other Halkida bridge and with a height above water of 30
metres presented our 18 metre air draught with no problem at all.
No waiting
around for this one to open in the middle of the night!
Once again the wind
was in the NW so we put out the yankee and enjoyed a lazy 5.2 knots in 16 knots
of wind, every so often doing a bit more as the gusts came off the hills on our
port side. We were in no hurry as we only had to cover 15nm or so.
By 1400 we were at anchor in Eretria, having made two attempts at getting the
anchor to set as it's rather weedy. It's a large harbour with car ferries
almost constantly arriving and leaving, but they are small and only cause a bit
of swell - nothing compared to the high speed cat ferries of Skiathos
town!
Sunday 30th August
2009
Still in
Eretria. It's a nice town and a pleasant anchorage. Two of the three
boats that were here when we arrived left yesterday, so there's plenty of
room. Yesterday was laundry day and Chris caught up on all the
washing. Every time she does a big wash she swears she will not let it
pile up again - hmmm - we will see...