Dwell in Possibility

Well off at last.....we backed out of our berth at Otranto on Thursday 11 June and motored out of the harbour to head east to the planned  destination of the island of Orthoni 43 nautical miles away. It was our first good sail of the season; with an 18-20 knot northerly Isabella was up and going doing up to 8.5 knots. Fantastic!  The anchorage at Orthoni was full ( 2 other boats) and the two experiments we tried outside the little harbour were unsuccessful so we decided to keep going to Erikousa, the next island. This was a beautiful place. We anchored in the  bay and swam in water so clear you could see our anchor dug into the sand 8 meters below.

The next day we took the dinghy off the deck and went looking for the village.  this consisted of a small shop, a hotel and a couple of restaurants.  The hotel is run by George - a welcoming host, full of information and assistance-  and we returned for dinner - magnificent!.  We stayed a few nights here as George had arranged to get us a Greek flag (ours had gone missing) and we were enjoying the bay which was full of boats returning from Corfu to Brindisi after the annual Brindisi to Crofu race. On our last night there we watched as these boats started an Erikousa to Brindisi race. The sunset start was beautiful as the huge but graceful yachts manouvered to make the most of almost no wind.  It was going to be a long way back to Brindisi at that pace.