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Diaporos to Ammouliani

September 1, 2017 Captains Log, Our Travels, Places to Stay

We had to leave Diaporos this morning (unfortunately!) as we are quickly running out of fuel and Ed has had enough of the wasps – we’ve given up the battle and just need to get out of here! After having spent some time laying still, it took a few hours to get the boat back into a movable state – stowing and securing everything away, taking down the Fin Delta and working out how to fold it up again and giving the boat a good clean inside. Ed also had to give the generator a service and oil change – as with all this usage we were well over the service period. He also changed the filters in the water …….

Diaporos Island – Halkidiki, Northern Greece

August 31, 2017 Captains Log, Our Travels, Places to Stay

Diaporos has been a lovely haven of peace and tranquility for most of the time – apart from hiding out from a storm one night, and the CONSTANT bombardment of speed boats (oh, and lets not forget the wasps!). The island is tucked up in the Halkidiki peninsula (“Three Fingers”) in Northern Greece and has the channel to the mainland is protected by the fact that each entrance is fairly enclosed so it creates a sort of “inland sea”. The area is beset with hazards – it’s extremely rocky and both the south and north entrances need to be navigated with care – not something to do at night! Our CMap/Jepperson charts gave leading lines, and following those gave safe …….

Kassandra Point to Diaporos

August 18, 2017 Captains Log, Our Travels, Places to Stay

We woke quite early in Kassandra Point, which was hardly surprising given we were right out in the open, in front of a beach. The Mantus had held perfectly – although there wasn’t really much wind to give it a real test. We retrieved the anchor and left the bay around 10h45 intending to get to Porto Koufos on the next peninsula for the night. There was nothing much to report with the journey – we traced our track backwards and had therefore seen it all the last time. The wind was calm to start with and we were motoring – I had my laptop out in the cockpit and was happily catching up with some work. Just before we …….