Ionian Sailing: Preveza to Lefkada Floating Bridge & Stormy Anchor Drama!
Ep. 165 ~ Join us on this unforgettable leg of our Ionian sailing adventure as we depart the Preveza town quay and journey through the iconic Lefkada Floating Bridge! In this episode, we sail our liveaboard catamaran down the east coast of Lefkada to Vlicho Bay, just south of the popular tourist town of Nidri. But paradise has its challenges — we face two intense wind storms while at anchor, watching boats drag around us, and our sailboat gets coated in a thick layer of Saharan dust blown in from the southeast wind.
If you’re dreaming of living aboard a sailboat, sailing the Mediterranean, or exploring Greece by sea, this episode is packed with real-life cruising drama, anchoring challenges, and beautiful Ionian Sea views. Vlicho Bay becomes a temporary home as we wait out the weather and help friends with their new solar arch and panel installation. While this episode focuses on stormy moments at anchor, stay tuned — in our next episode, our friends reciprocate and we tackle a full solar arch and panel installation on Oka!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Leaving Preveza to sail down to the Lefkas floating bridge
02:26 Passing through the Lefkas floating bridge that separates Lefkada from the northern Ionian mainland
05:13 Sailing to Nidri and Vlicho Bay
06:51 Stormy wind causes anchor dragging chaos around us
12:50 Calmer weather brings out the turtles
14:04 Sahara dust storm blankets Oka in mud
15:48 Another windy storm, but in the dark
18:05 Outro
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