When
we get up we are a bit surprised to find that the wind is blowing a 3 here in
this very protected harbour. Does
that mean there is some sailing wind out at see? We leave fairly early to find out.
The
answer is ‘no’. When we get out
the wind disappears entirely. At
one stage what little there is (2 knots) is on the nose. When at one point Richard thinks he
might be able to put out the Genoa , the wind dies before he does that and goes
on the nose!
So
we are motoring again. We have
decided to play it safe and head for Lakki harbour in Leros. There is a nice little restaurant by a
beach called the Lemon where there are mooring buoys. We spent a pleasant night there earlier this summer with the
Luries. So we decide to go back
there. When we get there at lunchtime
we are a bit shocked to find out that the restaurant closed two days ago! It is all but an abandoned site. We row over and use their toilet and
just go back to the boat. We could
stay here for the night. We are
safe on a buoy and we have food for lunch and dinner. But Richard wants to go back to the marina, not least to fix
the bow thruster. It has been
pretty hopeless for the last week.
When we picked up the buoy here it would barely move the boat and I had
a dickens of a time trying to get the pick up on board. It is almost certainly the same problem
with the nut that attaches the rotor blades to the prop. It has come loose again.
So
we call up the marina and warn them that we will need help moving into a space
because of the lack of the bow thruster.
When we get there our friend Baba is in his rib and with no fuss pushes
us into a tiny space on pontoon E.
So we are safely home.
We
go see the marina office. They arrange for a diver to come see us tomorrow to
see if he can fix the bow thruster under the water. Richard thinks there may be a chance we can go out after
that and have a sail, but I think that is very doubtful. Although we are back about 2 days
earlier than planned, if we want to sail we can’t dismantle much of the gear
and then we won’t have enough time to do it all before we go home. He is really fed up that there has been
precious little sailing this trip, but then that is the problem with
sailing. It all depends on the
weather and that has not been cooperative this summer.
We
also have a problem with internet.
We cannot get the marina internet to work at all. The café internet, which was quite good
when we were here before is acting up.
It will not load the Times nor the Archers. So in the end we walk into town and go to the Vodafone shop
and buy some more internet time.
It is expensive, but we can at least contact the world while we are here
in the marina.
We
have dinner on board. I guess we
will start to pack the boat away tomorrow.
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