SOLD

After four fabulous seasons on Moet 22 in the Med we have finally sold her to a new family in SA. 

We hope the new owners have a wonderful time just like we did. 

We will also miss our newly made friends Gill, Tony, Jo and Trevor. 

Beneteau Cyclades 43 For Sale in Greece

Moet 22 is for sale.

Located on Greek Ionian Island of Lefkada, in the water near Nidri and ready for viewing.

Great for couples, family or syndicate.  Australian registered, no VAT paid.

For all the information about the yacht and brokerage please click on the link below.

http://www.ibagreece.com/pages/en/details.php?type=1&catid=576

Homeward bound

We both have a great sleep and are on the way by 6am.  Check in is fast and efficient.  We have time to enjoy a great cappuccino before we board.

The plane is half full so we get to sit in the exit row with extra leg room.  Everyone is able to stretch out for the 4.5hr flight to Abu Dhabi which is great.  The service and flight is very good compared to the flight  over so happy so far.  We arrive in Abu Dhabi local time of 2pm.  As we have an eight hour transit here we plan to relax and watch the Austrian F1 which will pass the time.

EXCEPT its Ramadam and there is no alcohol to be served until sunset.  We go to the Number 1 Sports Bar in the airport and they can't service us a beer nor can we watch the F1 so not happy Jan.

So we decide to pay to use the Ethiad lounge so we can at least watch the race there.  We pay up then find no wifi, now we  are really pissed.  They do allow us to use another lounge that has a separate  wifi and the best we can do is listen to the race as none of the TVs have the Fox sport channel nor can we play our Foxtel channel overseas.  Looks like the airport looses again.  Considering they have a F1 race track here you would think that viewing the race would be easy.

I can only hope the 14 hours on the plane is bearable!  We touch down in Sydney around 6pm Monday night.

Athina

After another bad nights sleep we head down for breakfast.  Greg is feeling really ill so we don't have much.  We go next door for a great coffee and freshly baked complimentary walnut cake.  Now that is good.

We enjoy our morning sitting in the square, then pack our bags and head over to the bus terminal. We are catching the 12.30pm bus to Ahtnes.

We depart on time and head north east along a secondary road for about an hour.  Then make it back onto the freeway and head towards Messalonghi they way we first came.  The bus trip takes 5 1/2 hours.  The bus actually has wifi which is great as we can listen to the F1 practice and qually as we go along.  Shame our batteries are so low.

We are back at the Art Hotel by 6pm then get ready to hit the Plaka for our last night.  It's a beautiful evening with a slight cool breeze so very enjoyable temperature.

We wander around and find a lovely 

Cafe for dinner and people watching called Cenrale.  We have a few refreshments and dinner of pizza, salad and moussaka.  It's all delicious even the complimentary dessert.

We continue to stroll around the Plaka which is teeming with locals and tourists. So many bars and Tavernas to choose from.  We can hear some great music and come across a music festival in one of the back streets.  There are DJs playing and last night there was live music.  We stay and listen for a while and enjoy the vibe.

Although it's late we can't seem to leave this place and head home around midnight.  We have a wake up call ordered for 5.30am and taxi coming to pick us up at 6am.  Everything is packed up and ready to go.  I think we will sleep well tonight even if it's only for five hours.

Last night on Moet22

We have another crappy sleep as the swell runs in and the lines are squeaking and rattling all around us.  We are both suffering from colds and my ears are back to being blocked again.  We end up getting up early and start on the main sail.  

We must look like ameaturs  as we have to remove the sail bag a few times before we work out how everything fits together.  Considering it's pretty early we try not to make too much noise and wake up the neighbours but that is hard to achieve.  We haul up the sail and connect the reefing lines; over all a good job done and we saved a fair bit of money doing it ourselves.

I have to go with Vie from IBA to the Port Police and get our log booked stamped.  Well what a kerfuffle. Seems the Port Police at Messalonghi have not processed our bonding correctly and they are telling me I owe 1500 Euros in back taxes.  

Anyway for now we don't have to pay.  As the law changes all the time everyone has a different interpretation of the process for non EU boats.  We should have received a new transit log book every time we checked out of Messalonghi. 

We finalse the cleaning inside and out and are ready to depart for Levkas around 3pm.  We say a sad goodbye to Moet22 as we will miss her.

But I  have already found my new yacht! 

We taxi it to Levkas and are booked into the Levkas Hotel right near the harbour and close to all of our favouite cafes and bars.  This is the view from our room.

We head over to the Karma Bar to watch the Practice 2 of the Austrian F1 and then head back for a siesta.  We both have a deep sleep.

We head out for pre dinner drinks around 7pm.  First up we go back to Boschetto Bar for an ouzo then over the Daltons for a mixed grill.  We alway come here but this time the meal is very disappointing,  the meats are very over cooked and not enjoyable at all.  It is really the only bad meal we have had.

We walk around the back streets and then settle in for some people watching in the square.  All the locals are out and about.  Not one child has any technology; they are just having fun running around.

We bump into Chris the DJ from the G Spot from last year, he is now working at the bar next door so we promise to check him out later.

We go back to Karma for an espresso martini which are very good and then go for a sweet treat.  The crepes smell amazing and we share a crepe with banana and Nutella, it's yum! 

We drop by to see Chris and have a little boogy but don't last long as we are very tired.  We've both had a great night and head home for a good nights sleep hopefully.

Now it's time to get to work

After a good nights sleep we head over to Cafe Tranquilo for a big breakfast and some wifi.

At 10am Jonathon and Keith arrive to assist us with retrieving the lazy lines.  John is going up in the bosan chair while Greg and Keith are on the lines.  They make it look easy.

That's one job done.  While I arrange the laundry Greg puts the main sail bag up.  We are then ready to head over to Meganissi for the night.  It's only a two hour motor as there is no wind.  

We anchor in Abelike Bay and enjoy the day sunbaking and relaxing.  It's quite busy with plenty of charter yachts around.  The water is the perfect temperature around 27 degrees.  For dinner I make a platter of cold cuts and salad, it's really delicious and healthy.

Later in the evening the wind picks up and we have a fairly restless night as the yacht is moving quite a lot.  In the morning we have a coffee then head back to Nidri as some bad weather is approaching.  

The weather actually misses us altogether as the black clouds seem to go around the mountain at Nidri.  We are back on the Scorpios pontoon for one more night.  The main job now for us is to haul up the main sail but we will have to wait until the morning for that job when the air is still.

We are talking to IBA about our options for the summer.  We decide to leave the yacht on anchor in Nidri rather then take her to Preveza now.  It should make viewing her that much easier.  We organise fuel to be delivered to the pontoon and we fill up and I start cleaning the galley, saloon and cabins.  It's looking pretty good.  

We head over to Roots for dinner and take some photos of the sunset.

We have a night cap at Ikaras cafe and enjoy a slice of orange pie, it's delicious and the last time I will get to enjoy it for a while.

We head home and have a early night as we didn't get much sleep last night.

G & T anyone?

Next stop is Nidri to catch up with Gill and Tony.

Trevor recommended the English Breakfast at Sivota Bakery so we both find room for a delicious breakfast with the works. It's a great start to the day.  After a little provisioning we head off from 

Sivota around 10.30am.  It's hot and hazy around the mountains and some are covered in very low cloud.

There is talk of some bad weather coming so we will keep a look out for that but we think the big winds will be down south west of Zakinthos. However we might find some rain in the next couple of days which we are happy about as we still have to finish cleaning the decks.

We arrive at Nidri around lunchtime and see if Scorpious Charters have space for us on their pontoon.  Keith greets us and is happy to accommodate us for the night.  Just as we are docking the winds pick up to make life difficult for Greg on the helm.  Luckily there are a few strong men on the dock and they help us in.  One of them even jumps on board to tie up the lazy line which I I'm happy about.

Once we are settled we head down to the Sailing Holiday poontoon where G & T have their yacht.  We find them at the pool bar having some lunch and a few drinks which we join them in.  After a quick catch up and a swim we make plans for tonight's get together.  Bubbles on board then we are going to a BBQ with G & T with the sailing holiday charter people.

We still have a lot to do to get the yacht ready for sale.  We visit Lorna at Ioninan Boat Assistance (IBA) as they will be our new broker for the summer months in Nidri.  We still need to find someone to go up the mask to pull down our lazy lines as we lost them last time we pulled down the main sail.  There are not too many volunteers for this job, however Keith is able to arrange someone for us the following morning which we are grateful for.

We chill out for the afternoon and make plans for the next few days.  As the weather forecast seems reasonable we do want to spend a night in Abelike on Meganissi, as it's one of our favouite locations.  As we haven't blown up the tender we will have to stay on board for the night but that's fine. Hopefully I'll be able to enjoy a swim as my ears have cleared and I feel much better.  I just have the head cold now.

We head on down to G & T's around 7.30 just as the heat is leaving the day and we are also joined by one for their friends Andy who is on a yacht close by.  We catch up on all of the years events and all the new ones coming up.  Gill and Tony have two weddings in the next few months to look forward to and plan as both their  children are getting married.

We enjoy a bottle of bubbles together then head up to the pool area for the BBQ.  The food is great as is the company.  By the time we say our farewells it's after 11pm.  We go for a stroll along the boardwalk and stop at a favouite cafe for a nightcap.  The owner is very happy to see us but thinks we are nuts only coming for such a short period and we have to agree.