After a night sail to Corfu I was quite happy to do some windsurfing, swimming and relaxing we went into town for some food and to find an internet café. We used the Internet café and then walked about for a bit- seemed all quite touristy but this was a change from what I had seen so far in Italy. We decided in the end to eat in a kebab restaurant- with the front of the kebab shop looking a lot like the ones in Romford on south St. (reminiscent of 1am after a night out on the town), but at the same time it had seats out the front and tables to sit at. The food was nice- bit fatty, different to the kebabs in England. I was due to fly home that day from Lamezia in Italy but decided to miss it and stay out longer instead.
Plenty of mossy spray and a mosquito net fended of most of the mossys however seemed to get bitten a fair bit anyway. We stayed at a few quite anchorages. We sailed south, I started a new book (George Orwell’s 1984. )
We attempted fishing using lures trailed from the back of the boat….Alas our efforts were in vain as all we seemed to pick up was the odd bit of weed and mud. In-fact on the whole holiday we haven’t caught any fish at all, even using a selection of realistic-looking plastic fish of different shapes and sizes. Oh well, there is always next year- plenty more fish in the sea as they say.
On the 5th of June I got my results read to me over the phone by my Nan, I passed thankfully- which put me at ease and my mum even more so (due to worrying about what would happen if I should fail).
The weather continued to be hot and sunny, and most of the time we were able to jump off the boat into the sea. Very refreshing.
At about 7 or 8 in the evening I have sat out on the back deck drinking a beer and eating nuts, reading and listening to music while the sun sets…this seems somewhat of a routine now, probably not great for my waistline, but great in every other sense- really good wind down to end the day.
Once while windsurfing out from and anchorage near the Onassis’s private island. the wind suddenly dropped leaving me a fair bit out from the boat and unable to windsurf back up wind towards the boat. In light conditions its is difficult to keep balance and find the fastest tack…the wind had dropped to the point of me holding the sail upright and not moving, waiting for the sudden gust of wind that I could use to sail back. However it didn’t come and after much frustration, flapping the sail about and swearing aloud, I decided I would put the sail laid down, rested on the back of the board and paddle in with my arms all the way back….this seemed an impossible task. I was too far away to shout to anybody…and for all I knew parents were sound asleep sunbathing on the boat and didn’t see me the whole time. Eventually after paddling back a while 2 guys in a small motorboat came up and offered to tow me back. I accepted, and just then my dad arrived on the dingy…so I got towed back feeling somewhat defeated. That afternoon the wind did pick up considerably along with my energy, so I had a fairly fast session and continued till dusk. My windsurfing session was followed by sausages cooked on the bbq by my dad.
We have sailed from Corfu to Lefkas to Kefelonia, so far in Greece. On the way Ive done a fair bit of windsurfing. Even today I managed a massively long windsurf, from Ayeufina to Sami; which lasted 3.5 hours over some choppy water. I saw a turtle swimming past who was coming up for air. My mum and dad sailed the boat to Sami, keeping close to me all the way. By the time I arrived my back, arms, legs and feet were aching a lot, and my arms continued to feel heavy for hours afterwards.
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