Friday 23 June 2017 – Andikiron, (mainland Greece, about halfway between Corinth and Patras)

We were a bit shocked to see that it was after 9am when we woke up!  The heat must have really knocked us out.  So we had a late breakfast and as the sun got hotter we went in for a swim before we set out.  We have about 20 miles to go, but as ever no sails.  This time the wind was not on the nose.  But it was 2knots from behind, so no use at all!

We are going along just in bathing suits and are managing to keep cool enough if we stay out of the sun.

At about 2pm we approach Andikiron.  It is a strange little place.  There is a harbour wall but no other yachts.  As we approach a fisherman is gesticulating to us about mooring but we cannot make out what he is trying to say to us.  The pilot book says you can moor alongside inside or outside the harbour wall.  There appears to be a space inside, so we go for it (as it were).  We make a terrible mess of it, but luckily a crew member of the fishing boat that is moored behind where we are trying to go takes our lines and helps us.  We keep getting the bows in and the stern out, which is the wrong way around.  Anyway after about 15 minutes we are nicely tucked up alongside next to towers for water and electricity.  I am uncertain about the electricity, so we don’t connect, but we do fill up with water which was getting necessary. There is no one here to say if we are in an appropriate place, but the fishermen seem happy enough.


I was going to put together some lunch, but it is 32C below and I cannot face staying below for any time.  So we make our way to a pleasant restaurant where we have a light lunch and get WIFI.  Our credit on our internet device ran out this morning, so we need all the free WIFi we can get.  There is no Vodafone shop here and we don’t know when we will find one.  We will post this at the restaurant this evening (again too hot to cook, now 33C below).  But be warned that postings may be a bit erratic for the next few days.


One other yacht has turned up and moored up outside the wall.  We think there may be a rally coming here tomorrow so we will have to leave fairly early.

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