Shana Tova,
We are now in Fiskardho, Kefallonia, waiting for the weather to calm down. We had some heavy rain today, with fresh wind.
The trip from Tel Aviv to Preveza is not that easy. We stayed overnight in Athens (Wednesday, 24/9) and took a morning flight to Ioannina, where we rented a car and drove down to the boat.
Noga made us stay overnight at the slipway in the boatyard because there were two cute puppies there that she and Yasmin wouldn't leave.
The next morning we motored across the channel to Preveza. We found Preveza very nice, with a lot of decent shops, and a nice playground whre Noga and Yasmin spent a lot of the time.
On Saturday morning Sagi, Nir and Shoham joined us in Preveza.
The day started with Yasmin dropping her sun glasses to the water. I tried to go down to fetch them but there was some sewage in the water that made the dive a bit unpleasant. A little later in the day, the water cleared up and I went down and got the glasses. (In the meantime, Yael bought her new ones...).
On Saturday afternoon we started motoring down to the Lefkas channel. We crossed the bridge and started our way through the channel. About 500 meters into the channel, we saw a sailing yacht stuck in the mud (they missed the polls that mark the channel). There were tons of boats crossing, but none of them stopped for help. We couldn't stand it and asked if they need any help. They all yelled together that they do!
Towing them out was relatively easy (we asked them to get the rope out to us with a dinghy). The only difficulty was all the boats crossing the channel that were rounding us, ignoring the fact that we're trying to tow a boat in not so easy conditions.
Anyway, once the channel was clear, with some remission in boat traffic, it took no more than 10 minutes to take them out of the mud.
We sailed down to Spartachori on Meganisi island. We wanted to go to the public quay, but there was someone there on a scooter, telling us to go further south to what was found to belong to his restaurant. The sea was more rough on his quay and we had to have dinner in his restaurant (which wasn't that bad after all). Well, we had all we needed for a nice dinner on the boat but we were trapped in his net...
From Spartachori, we sailed to Vasiliki. We left our bike lock there on a street light post and wanted it back. We also needed some provisions. We tacked all the way to Vasiliki and got there in the late afternoon.
It was raining a little that night, and then on Monday morning I went out to buy a new gas tank for the boat, and when I handed it over to Naama, it fell on her foot!!!
The pain was unbearable. I ran to town to get Yael, while Nir and Shoham are trying to help her with ice and water.
We decided to motor up to Lefkas again, to have her foot X-rayed in the hospital. She was constantly in pain and couldn't stand on her foot.
At the hospital, it all went very quickly, within minutes she was x-rayed, and diagnosed to have a small fracture in the 5th metatarsal. It will take a few weeks to cure...
Anyway, thanks to Nir and Shoham, she's in good mood and making great progress each day. She really wants to make it to the sea scouts 3 day event she has the day we get back!
So we celebrated Rosh Hashana in Lefkas, and yesterday, Tuesday the 30th, we sailed all the way to cave bay (as Naama calls it) near Fiskardho.
You can see some of the pictures she took in that bay in the link below.
Today, we woke up, the younger ones took the dinghy for a row and then the weather changed. Some fresh SE wind started with heavy coulds. We decided to move to Fiskardho (10 minutes away), to check the weather, get some provisions, and decide where we want to go.
Once into Fiskardho, the weather only got worse with heavy rain, so here we are, still in Fiskardho waiting for the weather to change.
Tomorrow night, Sagi's family is leaving, so we'll either stay here or sail to Evfimiya. It all depends on the weather.
Pictures from this week you can find at:
Shana Tova,
Eyal
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