Meanwhile at night

Sailing is often about compromises. We encountered one of such said compromises, when anchoring in the area of Syvota, Greece. We could either anchor and a very sheltered area, without any wind, and with noisy neighbors, in the form of super yachts, running their generator, or we could anchor deep, in a less sheltered area, but with a nice breeze. As it was my turn to pick the anchor location, I opted for the deep and breezy location.

We spent a very nice afternoon, sipping one of Elizabeth's Vitamin Boosts, while dangling our legs in the water, while sitting on the starboard swimming platform. This was our deepest anchor yet, with a total depth of 22 meter. At about three o'clock at night we had to pay for this nice afternoon, in the form of some random waves that suddenly entered the bay. We could either stay in the current spot, in the secure knowledge that SaltyPaws would be safe, our move our anchorage. By this time we had anchored so many times at night, that we opted for the latter option. In no time, Elizabeth had spotted a new location, and we re-dropped the trusty Excalibur. The new location even accommodated for the full swing circle, something we would highly appreciate in the mooring with the wind turned 180 degrees.

We decided to celebrate our swift and successful re-anchoring, with a small glass of Pinot, which had made it all the way from France. As we were admiring the stars, we invented the game “spot the mono-hull”. We were not the only ones caught in the waves, but none of the other boats decided to change their anchor location. The mix between mono hull and catamaran was about 50/50. When looking at the anchor light, it is really easy to see which is which... The anchor lights that make a slow and long rolling movement are the mono-hulls. The anchor lights that are still and steady are the catamarans.

When we were just about to go back to sleep, a dingy made it's way back to the boat. The occupants of the dinghy turned out to be(in order we found out):

1. Loud
2. Drunk
3. Italian
4. Too drunk to remember to switch the petrol valve on the engine
5. Still able to find and row back to their boat.

Most nights are quite boring tough, and we just sleep.