Water fun in Pargas and on to Lakka

The kids got up in the morning and after a swim jumped into the dinghy and went into town to do some shopping. 

Jessie and Hugh having SUP balance wars.

Marina and I hopped on the SUPs and tooled around the bay, first heading up the point and then into the beach where we hopped off and took a beach walk amongst sardine like chairs and umbrellas packed with beachgoers. The kids came back around 13:00 after having a couple of gyros in town. 

Hugh had one chicken and one pork ... and these are the ones that put the fries on the inside - reminds us of having Ross on board. We picked up anchor and headed toward Lakka at a slow pace, even though we were going slow we encountered two ferries where we checked the AIS and had CPAs of 0.4 miles.  At this point I handed the conn over to Marina and went below for a nap. Considering how little we did today it's hard to understand why I am so tired but, if you are tired and can take a nap, why not? Chances are the folks that live to a hundred, one of their secrets is they sleep when they are tired. Marina woke me up a few minutes outside of Lakka suggesting I take the helm. Anchoring in Lakka is like a being on very short and very busy start line with a number of very aggressive type-A skippers that all believe they can win the regatta. When I got on deck indeed Marina had punched up the revs to max in order to race a Bavaria 50 in for a spot. It was very crowded but we found a place and dropped anchor. In retrospect it was not that tight a spot because three more boats came in later and filled in the holes that we had left thinking they were just too small. We went for swims and naps and hung out onboard. The highlights of the day were Marina talking to a Canadian couple with their 4 kids and some family friends on a Jeanneau 64, and watching this boat from Croatia with a mess of people on board and a yellow labrador. The young male dog was having a terrific time swimming with the kids and when he got close he just went still, not clawing the swimmers. Then when he went back to the boat he hung onto the ladder with his front paws and waited until someone went behind him to counterbalance him as he climbed up the ladder. Jess and Hugh made a really good dinner with a mushroom pasta ragout and some sausages that were grilled on the BBQ. We contemplated going to town for ice cream but decided to think about it for a while and by the time Hugh and I had an ouzo it was too late so we packed it in and went to bed instead.