Anchorages · 12 May 2027 · 3 min read
Two metres of water, ten metres of visibility
The Small Cyclades between Naxos and Amorgos, where a catamaran can sit over white sand that a monohull has to watch from outside.
Pano Koufonisi is low and flat, with a sand bottom that runs out from the beaches for a hundred metres. At Pori the water is two metres deep and so clear the boat appears to hang in the air above its own shadow.
“The boat appears to hang in the air above its own shadow.”
This is where a shallow-draft catamaran earns its keep. Pelagos and Galini anchor right over the sand; the monohulls stay outside in five metres and send the tender in.
Walk the coast path from Pori to the sea caves at Gala in the late afternoon. Swim back to the boat as the sun goes down.
