Windy – just one of the weather sites we look at

Safely back in Argostoli, we could wait for the right weather window to leave for Malta. It’s 320 nautical miles as the crow flies, but with the winds forecasted, we would need to head southwest first (riding northwest winds), and then northwest when we reached the southwesterly winds. And we would be dodging potential weather as we went. Probably a 3 to 4 day passage.

Gelato is a good thing to have when you’re “stuck” somewhere

Along with reasonable winds, we were also looking to avoid storms. We wound up waiting in Argostoli a whole week trying to find the right window. Daily bursts of lightning storms moved through in that period, making us happy we had stayed put. We spent hours looking at the weather apps, and chatting with others who were looking to make the same passage. We ate gelato and sipped cocktails to cope with waiting……