2012
måndag 15 oktober 2012 - Skrivet av Lisa
From Lavrion to Skiathos
How we sailed - one colour per day

The day of our arrival we spent preparing Freja for the trip together with Lasse and Lisa. In the evening also Mats and Sussi arrived and we had a good dinner at our favourite restaurant before hitting the sack, it had been a long day for all of us. Sunday morning we left the harbour early for the close by bay Ormos Thorikou where we had breakfast and a swim in the warm clear water. Wonderful after the bad summer in Sweden. Now the trip started and the goal was Skiathos in the Sporades islands.
The recommendation was to go on the inside of Evia and avoid going north through the strong currents in Steno Kafirea between Evia and Andros. But we also had to make sure that the bridge in Khalkis would open the evening we got there and that we were on time. We called ahead before leaving Lavrion and got a positive confirmation but then we almost arrived too late, it was a close call and we raced against the clock all afternoon and early evening and just made it.

The reason we were late was due to strong head winds on the first day which prevented us from reaching our target the Boufalos bay. Instead we found a good place in Ormos Animboriou on Evia. The unfavourable winds continued also the next day and since Freya's engine is a bit on the weak side with only 27 horse powers we had to tack against the wind with engine and the main sail set. When the wind increased we decided to sail and set the Genoa jib. Then the knot holding the port sheet became undone and we had to retreat behind a small island to make repairs and lost more time. Now the race started. We had information that we needed to report to the Port Authority and pay the fee latest by 20:00h. At 19:45h as we passed the high bridge south of Khalkis I called them (22210 28888) to say we were late but got the reassuring answer that they were open 24/7. Still we had to hurry not to miss the bridge opening that evening. We made it but with very little time to spare. 
Passing the bridge was an interesting event. We first left the Khalkis marina and moved to the bay on the mainland side. There I did a radio check as ordered on the VHF channel 12 (first time we ever used the VHF) and my 18 years old knowledge of radio communication from the UN mission in Syria/Israel/Lebanon clicked in automatically "Port Authority Khalkis Sailing Yacht Freja calling, radio check over" etc.  Some 5 other private boats and a small freighter were waiting in the dark to pass the bridge which by the way has been there in various forms for some 3000 years!  Quite soon some communication in Greek came over the radio and the freighter started moving and then the boats were called up one by one and told to move forward. The bridge is in the middle of Khalkis which meant that we had a lot of spectators watching and cameras were going off both from the boats and the shores as we passed the open bridge.

 After passing the bridge we found a spot on the town quay some 400m north of the bridge where we moored for the night. The next day we continued to Limni, a small nice town on Evia. Headwinds as always so the tacking took us all the way to a long bay on the mainland where we had a very Swedish lunch on pickled herring, potatoes, beer and Danish snaps and lots of dips in the warm water. Entering the port i Limni was a bit exiting as the entrance normally is very narrow and requires a 90 degree turn according to the Greek Waters Pilot but this time 3 rather big fishing boats were moored on both the inside and outside of the pier making it impossible to see where we going until the very last ½ minute or so.  

To be continued.....

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2012
torsdag 11 oktober 2012 - Skrivet av Christian
Touring the northern Sporades islands
The tour we made during our second week
Touring the northern Sporades islands
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onsdag 10 oktober 2012 - Skrivet av Christian
Back from Skiathos to Lavrion
How we sailed to get back to Lavrion, Freja's home base
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2012
lördag 15 september 2012 - Skrivet av Christian
Dinner in Lavrion
Dinner with the crew the first evening, Lasse, Sussi, my Lisa, Lasse's Lisa and Mats
Lasse, Sue R, Lisa, Lisa, Mats R at our favourite restaurant. Lots of delicious food and decent local wine
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2012
tisdag 24 juli 2012 - Skrivet av Christian
The plan for 2012
The planned route 2012 - 3 weeks

Day

Start

Destination

Distans NM

Saturday

Lavrion

A bay or harbour north of Lavrion

2

Sunday

A bay or harbour north of Lavrion

 

 Vuofalo - Evia

37

Monday

Vuofalo - Evia

Halkida (Khalkis) town

28

Tuesday

Halkida (Khalkis)

Atalanti  /Limini harbour

32/23

Wednesday

Atalanti /Limini

Orei

33/36

Thursday

Orei

Panormos, bay on Skopelos

30

Friday

Panormos

Via Loutraki (or Klima) direct (or around Skopolos) to Skiathos town

18/31

Saturday

Skiathos town

Skopolos – a bay?

6 - 9

Sunday

Skopolos

Rousoumi, bay on Alonnisos

15

Monday

Rousoumi, bay on Alonnisos

Bay on Kira Panayia

20

Tuesday

Bay on Kira Panayia

Other Bay on Kira Panayia

7 - 10

Wednesday

Other Bay on Kira Panayia

Bay on Alonnisos?

5 -- 15

Thursday

Bay on Alonnisos?

Patititri, town on Alonnisos

1 - 13

Friday

Patititri, town on Alonnisos

Panormos, bay on Skopelos

16

Saturday morning

Panormos, bay on Skopelos

Skiathos

9

Saturday evening

Skiathos

Stay in Skiathos/ Loutraki harbour

0/6

Sunday

Skiathos/ Loutraki harbour

Skopolos town/ Patititri, town on Alonnisos / any other bay

25/19/11

Monday

Skopolos town/ Patititri, town on Alonnisos / any other bay

Alonnisos the harbour or a bay/ Bay on Kira Panayia

8/15/20

Tuesday

Alonnisos the harbour or a bay/ Bay on Kira Panayia

Skantzoura (or Skiros)

15/20 / (40)

Wednesday

Skantzoura (or Skiros)

Skiros/ Kastri (Evia) /Andros

25 (50/58)

Thursday

Skiros/ Kastri (Evia) /Andros

Kastri (Evia) /Andros

50/58

Thursday

alternative

Kastri (Evia) /Andros

Vuorkari (Kea)

18/24

Friday

Kastri (Evia) /Andros/Kea

Lavrion

30/36/15

Saturday

Lavrion

Sweden

0

Länkar
Marina/hamn Information about the Region
Övrigt Bobbing along on Billabong
Marina/hamn Khalki's bridge information