From Sami to Vasiliki again

We started the last period of this trip by sailing to One House Bay on the Island of Atokos. The pilot book says that this is a “more popular bay” but we didn’t know how popular. Getting there we were amazed by the number of boats that could be squeezed into one bay. Naama suggested that we move on, but then we saw that boats are starting to leave so we found ourselves a nice spot, next to an Italian boat, with a line ashore.
This time of the summer, the Islands are full of Italian families. There was almost nothing but Italian boats (some private and some chartered), and maybe a few Greek boats.
Anyway, with all the crowd, One House Bay, is a lovely bay, with a beautiful beach made of tiny colored stones, crystal clear water, and a very nice scenery with the steep green land around us.

From One House Bay, we sailed to Kastos. We sailed in almost no wind to start with, so at some point while we were doing about 0 knots, two boats tied long side one to the other were coming at us. It looked as if one was towing the other and they paid no attention to anything around them. They were going straight at us! As they kept going, I decided to try and use the horn for the first time in my life – but it didn’t draw their attention. They were so busy playing their game... We had to start the engine and get out of their way. So we did, and tried turning left and then turning right… Whatever we did – they followed us. So I just sped up running away from them. I was thinking, maybe one of them had lost her steering or her engine. Surprisingly enough, once the wind started, with some ripples, and it became uncomfortable for them, they separated, and each boat went on her way. All looked well…
We arrived to Kastos. A deserted town, where only the old people remained and a couple from New Zealand who run the local mini market. No Ferries arrive here, only yachts, and a group of French youth who were rowing Kayaks around the Islands, with just a small dinghy accompanying them and carrying their bags.
The quay at Kastos was occupied by a small Greek yacht, and a lot of charter boats from a British flotilla. We were lucky (as already happened to us several times), to take the last berth next to the Greek boat. The flotilla guide was trying to squeeze another boat in, but the Greek guy, who was a real scamp, did not let them get any more boats in. He even tried to steal one of their fenders that Yasmin found in the water. He was really nasty, and we felt uncomfortable mooring next to him.

We then sailed to Port Leone, in Kalamos, where we met a very nice British family, with 4 daughters, a little older than ours. We had a nice afternoon with them. Noga and Yasmin were excited playing with the younger two.

From Port Leone we sailed back to Vasiliki. The perfect windsurfing site so I could rent a board again. This is just like the sea of Galilee, but a lot better. They have wind every afternoon from May to September (but mainly in June to August), flat water, 25-40 knots of wind, shallow sandy beach (well, the sand is just in the water), nice hotels and windsurfing clubs, and a very nice port just next to it. Just perfect!

Princess Nayeli in One House Bay to Kalamos

Princess Nayeli - Vasiliki, Lefkada. The windsurfing site (2nd time)