This stretch was down under engine for the whole way as although some strong winds blew up in the course of the journey it was not coming from the right direction. As the temperatures are soaring we had a couple of cooling off stops on the way down and even managed to recover an anchor buoy that was floating past. We moored on the “Scandinavian quay” in Preveza marina in the late afternoon after a long day. In the cool of the evening we walked into town to explore. It is not a tourist town although some charter companies seem to use it as their base. As a result there is not the usual throng of tourists although the town certainly comes to life in the evening when the locals are out taking their evening strolls.
One of the main reasons for coming to Preveza is that we have to change all our services batteries that are just over one year old – so much for sealed batteries. After investigating we have been advised on good authority to buy from a garage and that is what we did when the shops opened on Monday morning. They respect the Sunday closing here because of the lack of tourists. The new batteries have been purchased and installed so we are up and running again and can lie at anchor once more. After a wander around the town, a small stock up and a book swap in one of the local chandlers we were ready to go