Trizonia - This is the
only inhabited island in the Gulf of Corinth and sits about 1nm from the
mainland.
The Marina
On Trizonia
is a bankrupt marina project, unfinished.
However, it has piers and pontoons and a population of maybe 80 – 100 in
permanent mooring there, some being worked on, some being lived on and some
maybe one day will be remembered and attended to. One is on the bottom, and a couple more look
like they’re not far off the same.
We arrived
early in an afternoon to a side-to tie up and were helped by some very obliging
Germans. There was no wind and we simply
coasted to a stop and put lines ashore but it was very pleasant to have a
welcoming committee and set the tone for the next couple of days.
From the
marina, you wander no more than 300m to the restaurant side of the island and a
nice swimming beach, although you can swim from your boat over into the small
anchorage and many do.
The
restaurants are your standard waterside Greek restaurants with an easy
disposition and lovely views back to the mainland and to the small islands on
the east of the bay. A fierce current
rips through between the island and mainland and even the powered ferry boat
does a quick sashay to the left before a push to the right to line up with
where he wants to be.
No power
but water is available for a fee. No
charge for the marina – yes, a free marina, though I suppose eventually someone
will take it on and begin to complete the facility.
Quite a
fierce electrical storm came through on the night we wanted to leave for an
overnighter to Ithaca so we delayed departure to see it off. Then we decided not to leave but around 10pm
the world quietened and the wind dropped to zero. Up and out of bed, into the cockpit,
instruments on, lights lit, lines slipped and off we went for Ithaca by 10:20pm.
Under a
full moon, we motored easily down the Gulf to the Rion Bridge and passed three
columns to the left, one column to the right, around midnight then wandered off
with some wind at last to Ithaca.
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