Friday, August 8, 2008

Corinth Canal


We have successfully navigated the Corinth Canal, the only damage being to the wallet at €4.40 per minute we went as slowly as we could to make it last, without being rammed by the following yacht. Considering the canal is over 100 years old, it is an amazing feat of engineering and a spectacle for transiters and onlookers. At least we know some of our euros are going to help the maintenance of the canal, we could see parts where the walls were falling into the canal due to erosion.

We are now in the Saronic Gulf, tonight in Korfos, a featureless holiday resort village but a good anchorage. We'll be moving on to Poros tomorrow to meet up with our friend Peter.

Our trip to Poros five years ago, on Paul and Elke's boat, was what decided us to come to the Mediterrean, instead of heading straight across the Atlantic.

1 comment:

Kittycatt said...

Hi, how commendable to be first to leave a comment on your blog. Your photo's are "fantastic" and shimmer with the heat. I'm so envious as the weather here in the UK is cool, windy, grey and overcast with copious amounts of very wet rain. x