Thursday and Friday 29 and 30 June 2017 – Ayias Andreou (Ithaca) and Zakinthos
We didn’t need to rush in the morning, so we had a swim and a leisurely breakfast before setting out to the island of Ithaca. As ever there is no wind, so we motor. I cannot call this a sailing trip, just a boating trip! The pilot book refers of Ayias Andreou as “an impressive deserted anchorage”, so I expected something like we had last night. But I was rather surprised when we got there to find at least ten boats including 5 in a Flotilla and one Sunsail boat. One of the boats was a huge motor yacht with crew. Not quite a super yacht, but close. It was taking up a huge part of the shore to which one is supposed to attach a long line. But bravely we drop the anchor and let out a huge amount of chain to get close enough to the shore to take a line back. Richard goes out again with the dinghy and finally gets a line attached. We have 55 metres of chain out, but we seem nicely set. Richard swims to check on the anc...