At 08h00 we were up and ready to go in the water. The harbour staff eventually arrived at 10h00. They lifted the boat in the slings and Svein was able to antifoul the support spots and under the keel (after he had scrapped off the mussel farm!). At 11h15 we were in the water and ready to leave the boatyeard. We made our way out of the slip and headed East. It was very hot, even on the water, so around 14h00 we stopped on the little island of Fleas to have a swim and to revisit old haunts. This is a spot we found in 1994 on our first visit to Greece. It had not changed and we were able to anchor and have a swim. After a brief stop we continued on our waywere able to sail for about an hour but after that the wind changed to SE and then E so we had it on the nose and had to motor. We rounded the point of Souminon around 16h00 with quite a number of other boats. We then had a choice of heading North towards Lavrion or heading over to Kea. We chose the latter and in strengthening winds and choppy seas we came into Kea late evening. We anchored in coal bunker bay just at the wind dropped. We had a quick meal and went to bed as we were both tired from a full day out in the fresh air.
1st August 2010
This morning we launched the dinghy and headed into Korissia in search of supplies and diesel. As far as the diesel was concerned we were very lucky as there was a motor yacht refuelling and the diesel lorry agreed to supply us also. It turned out to be at a very reasonable price as well. In the meantime Caryn went in search of a supermarket and bakery. She found an “AB” and was able to stock up on liquids, as the stock was seriously depleted, and some food. We are now ready to venture further North into the Eviva channel. On returning to the boat we had a well deserved swim once we had put away the shopping and then treated ourselves to a lunch of “foie gras”. This was some of the stock that we had brought with us from France last year. It was really appreciated as we sat on deck in the sunshine savouring it. We will wait until the north wind has died down this evening and then do a night passage into the channel.