Nafpaktos to Trizonia

In the morning we went for a steep hike up to the castle. 

 It took about an hour up the hill and much tougher for me than I had hoped for. However, the view was spectacular and very much worth the effort.

Eidos is the boat furthest away.

We rewarded rewarded ourselves with a lovely breakfast in the Inner Harbor with a view of the bridge in the distance. 

Next on the schedule was shopping. Justin walked to a distant gas station to buy the correct oil for the engine. The grocery store was a little closer and we topped up our supplies with fresh vegetables, fruit, and cheese. Lastly, Justin carried a 20 litre container of diesel fuel  for the engine from another gas station bit closer. We had left the   dinghy on a beach and so it was only a block away. Finally, Justin rowed the dinghy back to the boat. 

We topped up the fuel, stashed everything safely away, and raised the anchor.

Luckily, we were able to sail most of the day. First, south around a shallow river outlet on easterly wind, and just exactly when we needed to head east, the wind shifted to south then west so that we were able to speed along all the way to Trizonia Island.

The waves increased as the day progressed and at times the dinghy surfed behind us threatening to hit the back of the boat.

We chose the passage between the mainland and the island and carefully avoided some reefs while speeding along. A sharp turn to the right with a mighty jibe brought us into relative calm so that we could turn the engine on and drop the main sail before entering the harbor to anchor.