On Saturday, 12th September 2025 my fabulous crew (Biggy, Dorly, Eva, Evelyn, Evi) and I arrived at Marina Cleopatra south of Preveza. We had ordered some provisions from yachtness, which arrived reliable ahead of time. At Check-In we discovered some maintenance problems with our boat S/Y Paspartu, a nice catamaran Bali 4.1 from Riginos Yachting. So we could not sail as planned in the afternoon and had to wait for absolutely necessary repairs and the replacement of 2 missing fenders.
Early next morning we motored to the northern end of Lefkas Canal, where normally the Floating Bridge "Agia Mavra" should open at 10am. But it had been removed due to the expiration of its safety certificate. Now the ferry “Faneromeni” should operate as a temporary connection between Lefkas and the mainland at 08:00, 10:00, 14:00, 17:00, 19:00, and 22:00. It is a shame that those times were not easily available online. At 10:00 a.m., the intermediate ferry gave way to a seemingly endless line of boats heading south.
We continued south, passed the south eastern tip of Meganisi and the south western tip of Kalamos and anchored in Abelakia Bay on the eastern coast of Kastos where we went for a refreshing swim and enjoyed Greek Salad and Spaghetti ai Legumi.
Next morning with nearly no wind we continued further south to the fine sandy Kaminia Beach SE of Kephalonia, where we anchored in sand with some swell. After a long swim we prepared our dinner with potatoes and a lot of vegetables, accompanied by delicious salads.
On Tuesday, September 16th we tried to sail and found the rigging of our boat in total disorder. The 3rd reef line was much to short and the topping lift was mounted wrong. After some arduous work we were able to sail with a rather short main and visited the Blue Caves at the northern tip of Zakynthos. Then we did some MOB training and finally moored in Agios Nikolaos Harbor.
In the evening we replenished our supplies and had a nice dinner at Taverna Porto, so we had nothing to pay for mooring and electricity.
Next day with our rather short main we sailed north to Ithaka, were we anchored in the beautiful Filiatro Bay on the eastern coast. With the help of my ambitious crew I prepared Risotto al Limone with some fennel and we spent a quiet night at anchor.
With nice easterly winds we sailed further north to the south of Lefkas, where we anchord south of the long beach of Vasiliki. We prepared Fussili al Tonno with some salads and admired many ambitious surfers and sailors training around our boat.
Early morning to start our last leg back to Preveza we rounded Cape Lefkatas Lighthouse and sailed north with strong easterly downwinds along the impressive west coast of Lefkas and stopped for a short swim at Agios Nikitas Beach with strong currents.
Refreshed we continued to the fairway into Preveza harbor, refilled our diesel tank, spent the afternoon in Agios Thomas and finally moored our boat ending our cruise in Marina Cleopatra. We celebrated our harmonious sailing week at Restaurant Celeste with an exquisite dinner.
Saturday morning we left our boat and visited the Archaeological Museum of Nicopolis, enjoyed a fine Branzino at Filippas Tavern and finally took our flights home.
Despite all those problems with the poorly maintained boat from Riginos Yachting we enjoyed a beautiful sailing week. You can view some photos of the defects in this Google Album.
We sailed 183sm in 36h during 6 days. You may download our track in gpx-format or view it directly on GoogleMaps.
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