Sailing SV CUBA

Sailing Greece [Ep9] Made it Out Alive - Stern to Cave Mooring & Exploring - Sailing SV CUBA

Added 2022-03-24 03:53:44 +0000 UTC

What happens in this week’s episode? I get a nasty sting when we just wanted to take some time to enjoy the beach after a few days heading into the wind and we do an unusual “stern to cave” mooring instead of the more common med mooring.

We are sailing SV CUBA from Lefkada to Kefalonia and spent the night in a quiet bay. However, the area was crowded with charter yachts and after visiting a wasp-infested beach, we decide to cool off and anchor med mooring style, by positioning our “backyard” close to a cave we discovered. We drop plenty of chain and tie our stern to shore.

After some discussions about the surrounding flora and fauna, we escape the heat at midday and venture into the darkness. Ill-equipped, our curiosity takes the best of us as we go on and on, well, until the light goes out.

Still alive, back out and on the water, we reflect on our negligence and are later surprised by a brilliant downwind sail and dolphins on the bow.