Poros (Πόρος) is a small Greece island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf.
Shortly after we anchored the Maltese Falcon arrived and became our (distant) neighbor.
Later the schooner Aria showed up
Category: scenery
Corinth Canal: passed. Check
We went from the Corinth gulf to the Saronic gulf by passing the Corinth Canal that has been cut through 7km of rock.
Gulf of Corinth
While on route to the Rio-Antirrio bridge to enter the gulf of Corinth we are greeted by many butterflies.
Butterfly
View to the north
Lighthouse
We anchor in Galixidhi, a very pittoresk old town on mainland Greece.
Map location Galixidhi
Boat works in Nikiana
Summer arrived and Ocean Wolf left the marina and has been on anchor in the Lefkas area.
After some diving lessons and while waiting for delivery of some gear we spend time on some boat works to bring things back to former glory. The welder came to replace some rusted area with a fresh bit of steel. Then came oxalid acid treatment to remove rust, primer, epoxy filler, rinse and repeat etc.
The engine room fan exhaust under the step to the doghouse is also in need of rust control.
The doghouse is being varnished as well. This will require perseverance to get to the required 12 coats . We established that 4 coats is not sufficient to prevent water from reaching the wood. This means getting up early (before the temperature gets too high).
Some wood veneer was glued back were water caused it to get lose many moons ago. The greatest satisfaction was achieved by working on the Speich Clear View window. Thus far we only saw it blocking our view instead of enhancing our view. 
That is we never saw it in working order and there was a lot of dirt that built up between the outer spinning pane and the main window pane. Our goal was to clean this to restore some clarity of view. After liberal use of our plastic hammer we managed to loosen the spinning pane. Success! Soap and water did wonders and more importantly found out that the motor worked fine without the window attached. We subsequently managed to reassemble everything and lo and behold: we have a functional window! What does it do you ask? When turned on the clear view window spins at approximately 1700 rpm which makes any water disappear in a split second. Thus even in heavy rain this will allow for a clear view through the window! Aside from that it’s just cool to have a spinning window.
Clouds
Clouds and gusts followed by less gusts. The weather in Greece is great. Or so they say. 🙂
Meganissi and Ithaka
After many moons at Lefkas Marina Ocean Wolf is finally on the move again.
We say goodbye to Lefkada for a while and motor south towards the island of Meganissi. Ocean Wolf is somewhat uncertain after having been at the dock for so long. Simple things require some help. Turning in a circle takes care of autocalibrating the compass. Rotating the speed log also requires a little help. The bowthruster wasn’t thrusting much due to loads of barnacles that had grown on the impellers.
Some dives later things behave a little better and we continue to a nice and quiet bay in the island of Meganissi. Here we anchor for the night and wake up to the sounds of construction workers who are busy building a house on the hillside next to the bay.
Next we head to Ithaka and pass by Scorpius. This privately owned island was previously owned by Onassis. While passing it we see large signs to welcome nearby boats. On closer inspection the text invites boats to please stay away. Booh!
Towards the end of the afternoon we reach Ithaka and anchor near Vathi port.
The village looks beautiful from the water. The houses all look freshly painted and well maintained. Nice to see that there are no high rise building to spoil the authentic Greek/venetia village look.
