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We get into Porto Spiglia and head up to the taverna at the head of the inlet, nice welcome there and more shelter than at the one near the village quay. Suddenly I discover an old adversery, the ferry Meghanisi (aka Jaws) is parked there taking up half the quay.

When I saw Meghanisi 2 a couple of years ago I thought that the original one had gone to the great breakers yard, but apparently she was away for a major refit and will soon be back to her old route and tricks.

My first ever trip to the Ionian started with a run-in with the Meghanisi here. I was trying to moor up at the village quay next to the ferry berth and had a foul up dropping the kedge. It is deep over there and I was trying to recover the kedge for another try when suddenly around the headland appeared this great big ferry with its bow door already down and my little Cobra 850 in its sights.

dum dum dum hence we now call her JAWS!

It is, I am told, the only time that the crew of the Meghanisi were ever seen to RUN to fend off.

Once the ferry had departed and we were moored up the level in my whisky bottle went down significantly.