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We woke up early to get a jump start on the day. We had a lot packed in to this day: a stop in Poros to fill up the water tanks and also to do a quick laundry run, then a stop to a neat cove where there are sunken artifacts (the area known as the Sunken City of Epidaurus), then a final sail where we predicted good winds, for a final destination of a bay along the coast of Agistri.
The passage to Poros was simple motoring, as I had done this exact passage in a previous charter. The only issue was there was not a lot of room on the docks, so we docked in the area reserved for large motor yachts, and asked for forgiveness while promising to be quick with our water fill-up and laundry run. With those essentials out of the way, as well as a quick food reprovisioning for the final day of the charter, we picked up anchor (parked stern-to) and continues on our way. Problem was, our anchor was dug deep in the mud, so it would not come up easily. We had to use the kedging technique where we motored quickly forward, to help angle the anchor out of the mud. We eventually got the anchor free, and spent some time letting the sea wash away all the mud before stowing the anchor in its slot.
Not much wind was in the forecast for our passage to the Sunken City of Epidaurus, so we just motored the entire way.
The anchoring there was very tricky— in our desired spot, the depth went from 14 meters to 1.3 meters over just a few meters of distance! It was so dicey that eventually our coach had to take the reins to get us out of danger and park the boat in a safer location. Once anchored at free anchor, we could go exploring the underwater ruins. It was pretty cool! The sea floor was about 1-3 meters down, so you could clearly see all the artifacts just swimming with goggles. We were able to see old anchors, old clay pottery, and even what looked like foundations for small buildings. Nice!
After everybody got back onboard the boat, we picked up anchor and headed out for our final passage of the day: a sail over to Agistri. The weather forecast predicted good winds for that, so we raised both mainsail and job before leaving, and then let the winds take us away. Well the winds did not cooperate at first, but eventually winds kicked up and we were able to get a good sail in, averaging about 5.3 knots. What a great time! The girls had never experienced a sail without the engines running, and neither had Steve, for that matter—so we all were having a good time enjoying the wind in our sails and hearing the boat slice through the water. We had to drop sails after about an hour since we were not too far from our destination. We ended up anchored withy stern lines running to shore in a bay known as Skilomango West in the Navily app. There was a bit of an argument as the people we were parking next to did not appreciate that we were parking next to them—but our coach argued them down and we parked there anyway. The argument was most likely alcohol-fueled (on their side), so we just ignored them, parked, had dinner, and went to sleep.
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