I
haven’t written for a couple of days not least because we have run out of
credit on our sim for the internet.
So I do not know when we will be able to post this. There is free WIFI here, but it is very
weak.
We
left Iraklia in good time on Monday and made our way to Amorgos. There was supposed to be a following
wind so we could sail, but it never really appeared. We motored more or less all the way save that there was a
bit of wind for the last hour.
When we got to the harbour in Katapola just about at lunch time we were
a bit shocked to see that all the mooring spaces on the wall where we
understood you can moor were all taken.
We were then resigned to anchor again, but we were in desperate need of
water. After nearly four days we
are down to a quarter of a tank and if we can’t get on the wall will water
available we will need another three days worth at least. So we just go to a space where we think
it is reserved for local boats to take on water. We make a poor fist of getting the anchor down straight, but
as we only plan to be here for 20 minutes or so we aren’t worried. We are too far away from the water tap
to reach with our hose, but there is a hose on the pier and we use that and
fill up. Just at we are filling up
a Turkish boat moors alongside us and it is clear that we can moor here if we
wish. We even speak to someone in
charge who says we can stay and gives us a form to complete to register and
pay.
As
our anchor is not set properly, we decide to go out and moor up again, closer
to the boat that has just come in.
Well, we make a pigs ear of it.
Richard cannot seem to get the boat to go back straight. Also I cannot make out his commands and
at one stage he starts to throw lines ashore when I haven’t even put out the
anchor. With a lot of help from
the neighbouring boat, fending off, directing anchoring etc, we finally get in
to a proper space. It is terribly embarrassing
especially when the man on the next boat says he remembers us from last year!
So
we are in Amorgos. After something
of a domestic argument we finally agree to stay two nights. I want to get some laundry done and I
like this place and want to relax for a change. Richard wanted to sail off because his weather forecast
showed that he might be able to sail on Tuesday. But we stay. We
have paid for electricity and water, but the man who wanted us to pay for
mooring never came back, so we have had no one to pay. We have noticed this before, that as
the season comes to an end, the Greeks can’t be bothered to collect mooring
fees. It is crazy bearing in mind
their precarious financial situation.
Nothing
much has happened while we have been here. I did get one load of laundry done, so I can just wait to do
the rest when we get back to Leros. We have topped up a few supplies and cleaned the boat. Midday today was very quiet and the
town wall was quite empty. However,
by 6pm every space was taken including a place that isn’t really big enough for
a large boat next to us.
Nonetheless a 50ft boat with 10 French people on board have moored up
next to us. I hope we can get away
tomorrow morning.
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