VI. Evia and the Northern Sporades

Patitiri on Alonnisos looking W from the entrance

Peter Kleinoth/MareTeam

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ORMOS TZORTI

@ 39°09'.9N 23°54'.5E

off the beach on sand and weed, good holding once the anchor is in. Good shelter from the meltemi.

A number of villas have been built around the bay. The beach is popular in the summer, but is usually deserted at night.

Immediately NE of Tzorti is another bay, Örmos Leptos Yialos, which also gives reasonable shelter from the meltemi. Anchor in 4-6m off the beach.

STENIVALA

A small cove on Alonnisos opposite the S end of Nisos Peristeri. Sheltered from the meltemi and only open SW. On the N side of the cove there is a quay with l--2m depths off it where it is possible to go stern or bows-to. Several tavernas ashore. The spot is popular with charter yachts.

Alternatively a yacht can anchor in a cove lined with pine trees and bamboo immediately S of the 'taverna' cove. Care is needed of the islet on the port side of the entrance. Good shelter.



STENI VALA

@ 39°11'.3N 23°55'.6E

ÖRMOS FİRAKI (Port Eiraka)

39°16'.2N 23°57'.0E

A bay on the N end of the island. The bay is very exposed and is untenable with the meltemi, but in calm weather makes a good lunch stop. At the head of the bay there is a small quay used by the tripper boats with 2-2.5m depths reported off it.

Nisos Peristeri

(Xero)

The island lying roughly parallel to and just to the E of Alonnisos.

ÖRMOS PERISTERA AND XERO

Two bays on the S end of Nisos Peristera. Ormos Peristera Anchor off the beach at the head of the bay in 3--6m on mud and weed, good holding. Good shelter from the meltemi. A number of houses have now been built around the slopes.

Örmos Xero The bay immediately E of Örmos Peristera. Anchor in 5-10m at the head of the bay. Adequate shelter from the meltemi.



ORMOS PERISTERA AND XERO

@ 39°09'.7N 23°59'.0E

ÖRMOS VASILIKO

The bay at the N end of the large bay on the W coast. Care must be taken of the reef on the W side of the entrance. Anchor in 4--8m in the bay. Nearly all-round shelter. At the time of writing the bay is partially occupied by a decommissioned ferry, but there is still room for yachts to anchor. Recent visitors have remarked that the bay and beaches nearby are knee-deep in rubbish, principally plastic and old tyres.

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Örmos Vasiliko on Peristeri Nigel Patten

VASILIKO

@ 39°11'.8N 23°58'.4E

ÖRMOS KLIMA

39°11'.4N 23°58'.7E

The large bay on the W side of Nisos Peristeri. In calm weather it is a spectacular spot to visit with a gorge running down to the head of the bay. The meltemi pushes a swell into the bay and although tenable in a light meltemi, if the wind pipes up it is not a good spot to be.

NOTE

The 3 fathom patch shown on the old Admiralty charts Nos. 1085 and 1087 extending across the northern passage between Alonnisos and Peristeri is in fact a smallish patch off the end of Peristeri. There are considerable depths in the fairway.

Nisos Pelagos

(Nisos Kira Panayia)

Lies 4 miles to the NE of Alonnisos. It is deserted except for large herds of goats, a herd of cows, some horses, a big black bull and a guardian. A number of sunken Byzantine ships have been discovered off the coast and in 1970 a quantity of pottery was recovered.

Note Pelagos Island is now a nature reserve. Along with Yioura and Piperi which are also nature reserves, this is one of the few remaining habitats of the Mediterranean Monk seal {Monarchus monarchus). Other habitats are around Cephalonia in the Ionian and the Atlantic coast of Morocco. At one time there was talk of banning yachts from the island, but this does not seem to have happened and yachts continue to visit the island. Yachtsmen should take care not to disturb wildlife around the island or they may find they are banned from here.

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