As the winds to round the last tip were forecast for later in the day on waking up Svein again dived to check the keel and found the water cooling intake for the engine nearly blocked. This he cleared and he also finished cleaning the keel.
We raised the anchor around 10h00 and headed for the dreaded tip of Maleas. We had light winds and round the head with no problems at noon and headed into the Aegean and up to Monemvasia. We arrived early afternoon and were fortunate to find a mooring in front of the coastguard boat.
We had arrived in time to see the celebrations for the independence of the town. On 23rd July 1821 the town was the first to be freed from the Turks at the start of the war that ended in 1827.