Lefkas canal to the inner sea

Preveza is close to the airport, into which several airlines fly daily from London. Toby walked there in 20 minutes to meet Jacques. Once aboard we cast off and had a brisk sail downwind to Lefkas canal. The floating bridge, F/B Santa Maura opens on the hour, so we anchored briefly in the lee of the sand spit until the siren went and the Blue and white barge raised its ramps and rotated to let us through. There canal runs as long way through low lying swamp land and eventually disgorged us into the Ionian Inland Sea. The surrounding hills are thickly wooded and green, with a strip of bare white rock highlighting the water margin above the deep dark waters. 

We sailed down past the forbidden islands of Skorpidi and Skorpios, looking in at Jackie Onassis's beach.  

We found an anchorage for the night in Ambelakia on Meganissi Island I. A little bay with two other boats. Perfect.