3 July 2017 - Ayios Eufimia (Cephalonia)

We had a remarkably good night in the circumstances.  The wind was still blowing hard, but the anchor alarm never went off and we slept well.  When the morning came it was clear that no one was going to move today and there was no chance we would get a place on the wall.  But anchoring seemed fine.

We had a quiet morning.  One of our great forms of entertainment was watching a British yacht that had snagged their anchor and couldn’t get it to free.  It was not helped by the fact that they had no electric windlass.  In the end they had to send down a diver to free them.

Keith and Richard got the outboard motor on the dinghy using the main halyard.  I was unwilling to go ashore even though I wanted to because I really didn’t trust the outboard which always conks out.  Everyone said I was being silly because it had just been serviced and would be fine, but I stayed aboard while Richard and Glenys went in the dinghy.  It was just fine, they got there and back despite high winds with no hitches.  The anchor in the mean time seems to be holding fairly well, but Keith and I decided to put more chain out to steady it a bit.

Lunch on board and then I agreed to go into town with Keith and Glenys.  I thought Keith might be better with the outboard but that was a mistake.  As we approached the dinghy quay the engine died.  We hoped it would work again when we returned from a walk around town, but it didn’t and my worry about our rowing back came true.  However it was fine and we arrived at the boat with no trouble.  It turns out that Keith didn’t realize Richard had closed the fuel inlet so we had no fuel to run on!  When Richard started it, it was fine!

We were going to go ashore to eat dinner because the wind dropped a bit in the afternoon, but by 7pm it was back up to 22-26 knots.  So I decided we should eat on board.  Keith and Richard went to the town and had a drink.  They had worked hard all afternoon to sort out minor problems on the boat.  While they were away the anchor alarm went off twice.  Glenys and I couldn’t see that we moved at all or that we were in any danger, but we were anxious for the men to return and confirm our view, which they finally did.


We had a nice dinner on board and opened one of our French bottles of wine.  We will move off tomorrow.  The wind is supposed to drop, but the sea will still be quite rough.  We will see how we get along.

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