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Did you spot Lia’s little problems with mooring last night?  Well the kedge anchor was supposed to be dropped over the stern and not still hung on the push-pit, and it does help to take the skeg off of your wind-surfer when coming in alongside another boat…

Anyway today, Tuesday, we head out towards Saiyadah, a small village on the mainland close to the Albanian border.

The harbour here is interesting, from a navigator’s point of view. The bay is very shallow to the south and the harbour was originally built with the entance pointiing West.  This exposed it to seas coming up the length of the bay and so the dynamited a new entrance in the southern wall and filled in the original one,

When you make your first approach you will wonder if they ran out of dynamite before the finished the job, it looks so narrow.  Don’t worry there is plenty of room, but it can still be tricky in a cross wind, and go to far south before turning in and the mud comes up to meet you…

All that shallow mud is great for the local wildlife, it is ideal for the local prawns, and the main taverna sells them by the kilo.

Experience has proved that a full kilo is too much for one person…

Anyway we had a drifting sort of day until we went to put the sails away when suddenly the sea breeze kicked in force with a brisk force 5 instead of its normal 3 and from the west.  Now what did I say about tricky in a cross wind…

Well my last approach here was in Bavaria 42 so I know the Jaguar 27 is going to fit through the entrance, but it still looks narrow as you try to line up to come through!