SV GARGOYLE TRANSITS THE CORINTH CANAL IN GREECE

The Corinth Canal offers vessels a much shorter and more protected route over the Peploponnese Peninsula.

This week SV Gargoyle shares their final stages of their cruising season in Greece with the Ocean Posse:

Gargoyle and her crew are enjoying the last few weeks of the season cruising with family in Greece. This week we’ve made the transition west from the Saronic Gulf to the Ionian Sea via the incredible Corinth canal. To make things perfect, our daughter and son-in-law have joined us for a ten day stay before we head towards our winter home, Malta’s Manoel Island Yacht Marina. Cheers from warm and sunny Greece!

Heading through the Corinth Canal. Hard to believe the idea started in 60 BC and it finally was finished in the late 1800’s?!
The Corinth Canal is a tidal canal.

The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, making the peninsula an island. The canal was dug through the Isthmus at sea level and has no locks. It is 6.4 kilometres (4 miles) in length and only 24.6 metres (80.7 feet) wide at sea level

SV GARGOYLE 🇨🇦 Kevin & Carla – Beneteau 50′