Princess Nayeli: Preveza to Galaxidi

Eventually, after three stormy days with winds up to 30 knots and endless rain (we collected 100mm in less than 24 hours), we left Preveza on Wednesday April 15^th at 6:45am. We motored past the Lefkas channel and did motor sailing after that all the way to Patras. Our original plan was to pass the night in Mesolongion but the way went so well and everyone was so happy that we kept going all the way till Patra.

We turned to the yachting marina in Patra and the first thing you notice as you approach Patra, that the water is just one big smelly sewage. Anyway, we spent the night there, and wanted to leave the boat there and go to Diakopto. It should be very beautiful there with a mountain train that travels up to the mountains of Peloponnese. Unfortunately, after walking all the way to the train station, we found out that the mountain train only works on weekends. So instead we walked around Patra and went back to the boat.

We left out to sea, heading to Trizonia, which is about 20 miles East of Patra. Having a wonderful back wind of 15-22 kts, we just surfed east and passed Trizonia so quickly that we decided to continue all the way to Galaxidi (about 35 miles).

We found Galaxidi to be a very nice lively place. It’s full of people now, getting ready to the Easter celebration. People here are extremely nice, the water is clean, and the port is beautiful.

Entering the bay of Galaxidi, we saw a large group of black Dolphins.

We took the day today to visit Delphi. Noga and Yasmin surprised us with their walking ability and their interest in this archeological site, and specially the museum next to it.

We’re back at the boat now, getting ready to watch the village celebrating their Easter. Planning to sail to the Corinth tomorrow.