As the weather forecast for the next day promised strong NW winds we decided to leave our little haven and make for the NE corner of the island. This proved to be a mistake. The strong winds never appeared but when we entered the port of Fiskardho we discovered a very small harbour full of charter boats and not much room to manoeuvre. As part of the quays was blocked off so everybody was turning in circles trying to find somewhere to go. No harbour authorities but eventually someone shouted to us that the ferry was about to leave and that we could moor in his place. Then the fun started. C’est la Vie is heavy to manoeuvre particularly in a NE which was blowing us away from the quay. Our Bruce anchor would not take and although we got lines ashore we were constantly being blowing against the quay and to top it all there were underwater rocks jutting out quite far so we were worried for the rudder. Svein does not give up and he rowed out to place a second anchor. This took but as it was on a rope with just a small amount of chain we continued to hit the quay. Eventually after several hours and attempts to secure the boat we decided to leave the harbour and find a quiet anchorage.
We continued down the East coast of the island and after a short time found an empty bay and a deserted quay. Here there was no problem with the wind and we tied up alongside using chains to protect the ropes against chafing. A quiet bay with clear blue water and peace and quiet – until the next morning when the tourist boats started visiting the anchorage and explaining that at the bottom of the bay against the quay was a 30m wooden boat that had sunk!
We stayed here for another day and then left to make the crossing to Lefkas Island. After a couple of hours (motoring) as there was no wind we came to the harbour of Sivota. Here we found a mooring against the quay and this time all went well.