Little Vathi on Meganisi to Kastos to Kalamos- May 15, 2017

We took it slow and easy this morning.  I discovered a map of Meganisi Island to compare to a painting I saw last night.

While I was at the helm, John checked out my motoring skills.  John and Elena's boat is Clorinda II, a 43 foot Bavaria that they have had for a few years.  It has an extra wheel that is very handy to have, an extra head, and just more elbow room that we all appreciated.  Our objective for the morning was to find a cove for lunch which was our leftovers from last night's supper...plus wine...plus chocolate.

Elena kept a sharp eye lookout ahead.

After lunch John dove into the water!  Dove!  Head first!  I went down the ladder feet first.  Brisk!  The top 6-8 inches were warm...just float.  I ended up swimming around the boat five times.  Elena even got in.  Jim?  No, it was not warm enough.  Such a great life...laying about...no phones, no net.

We threw in day old bread to attract the long, slender silver fish that had a black spot near their tail fin.  Martins tried to roost on the underside of the solar panel.

Today we had another sailing moment of terror.  Somehow, Jim got in the way of a moving boom.  He could have lost his head!  It all happened so fast!  It was shocking!  It was very scary for all of us!  He had a big garrotish/bleeding mark on the right side of his neck that we stopped with gauze and a mark on his chin.  Fortunately, that was all that happened.  He was very lucky to have moved out of the way as he did to avoid further catastrophe.

We intended to stay at Kastos on Kastos, but it was somewhat crowded with boats crossing each other's anchor lines, a potentially unsafe condition. 

Consequently, John decided that we should go to Kalamos on Kalamos where there would be more shelter from the wind.  George helped us moor, then we ate at his restaurant for supper.  Tonight we had pork chops with chips, white snapper with potato fries, stuffed tomatoes with rice, broad beans, Greek salad, wine, and apple pie with ice cream.  More great leftovers!