Porto Koufo

Saturday 22nd we set sail heading around to Porto Koufo about 16 miles.

Porto Koufo is a magnificent natural harbour at the western foot of the Sinthonia peninsula (2^nd finger) of Khalkidhiki.

Passing Cape Ampelos

The entrance opening up to the bay

Sheer red cliffs at the entrance open up to a large land locked bay bordered by cultivated fields. Once a small fishing harbour now caters for a few tourists in summer, a lot of them in camper vans. In the winter it is a base for the tuna fishing boats.

Calm evening in the bay

Both Dorado & Meerkat where there when we arrived.

The village and the small fishing boats at dusk trawling

Wolfgang & Renate pointed us to an unused mooring buoy which they said a large yacht had been on some days prior so we picked it up. I dove down to check it and it seemed OK albeit we usually prefer and trust our own ground tackle.

Anchoring however is difficult here with the depths swinging from very deep to very shallow within a boats length. Bob and Andrea eventually left the next day because they were not happy with their anchor.

We managed to replenish our water supply again dinghy-ing ashore with the 25L jerry cans

We spent 5 nights here one of them ashore in the fish taverna recommended by Wolfgang and Renate, our tour guides.