One can put too much faith in Rod Heikell. Yesterday, we did a short hop from Monemvasia up to the secluded looking bay at Ieraka.
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Rod rates the bay an 'A' for shelter, which means "Excellent", the wind was from the west, and the weather was sunny, so we were looking forward to a lazy afternoon.
When we arrived there was a fresh wind funnelling up the valley, but not enough to put us off a stern-to the quay. It built up over the next hour or so, and although we appeared to be holding, we put out a second anchor. Unfortunately, I was a bit slapdash in laying this one - a little too close to the primary anchor. We think we tripped the primary hauling it in, and we had to do a sharp exit and anchor off. Sara used her super-human strength to pull up and untangle the anchors.
The wind kept on building.
Although there was only a Force 5 outside the bay, the local geography funnelled it to become a Force 7, gusting 8. Neither of the quays was any place to be.
A couple of hours later, it was all over, and we spent a peaceful night at anchor.
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Rod rates the bay an 'A' for shelter, which means "Excellent", the wind was from the west, and the weather was sunny, so we were looking forward to a lazy afternoon.
When we arrived there was a fresh wind funnelling up the valley, but not enough to put us off a stern-to the quay. It built up over the next hour or so, and although we appeared to be holding, we put out a second anchor. Unfortunately, I was a bit slapdash in laying this one - a little too close to the primary anchor. We think we tripped the primary hauling it in, and we had to do a sharp exit and anchor off. Sara used her super-human strength to pull up and untangle the anchors.
The wind kept on building.
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| The dinghy hid from the wind, upside down. The rainbow is from the spray kicked up by the wind. |
Although there was only a Force 5 outside the bay, the local geography funnelled it to become a Force 7, gusting 8. Neither of the quays was any place to be.
A couple of hours later, it was all over, and we spent a peaceful night at anchor.
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