Up fairly early with a view to sail to Amorgos as soon as possible. It is a nice day. I go out to buy bread and a few extra
bits for the boat. When I get back
R has made the boat ready to go.
The sun is shining and the wind has abated. So off we go.
We put up the mainsail just outside the harbour. We still have a reef in it from when we
came in, but we don’t bother to shake it out as it is gusting 19 knots and we
are going nicely.
We have quite a nice sail to Amorgos. The wind died a bit and was mostly just force 4, but it was
a beam reach and we kept up a steady 4.5-5 knots bringing us in to port just a
lunchtime. The only slight problem
was the sea state. Although it
wasn’t at all bad in absolute terms because the waves are so short we rolled
about a lot and I even had to take a pill.
So we get to the port. This
is a harbour where we have to moor using our anchor. We dread this.
On top of everything, the wind picks up to 17 knots across us as we try
to reverse into a space. We put
the anchor down, but find when we get to the quay that it is not straight ahead
and we are moored at a bad angle.
So we have to go out and do it again! This time the man in charge of mooring seems to think we are
fine. So we finally tie up and
have some lunch.
The harbour is cute as is the town, but it is small. We are waiting for our friends Jonnie
and Marion Lurie to arrive. We
have been trying to meet up with them for nearly three weeks now. As we are about to go around looking at
the town we see them come in. We
can’t understand what they are doing.
They haven’t approached the town quay. We later find out that their anchor windlass locked into the
up position and they couldn’t come in to moor on the quay. Eventually they manage to get an anchor
down in the harbour and will remain there.
We buy some wine to give them drinks, as we are nearly out of the stuff
here on board. We are pleasantly
surprised to find that the shop is willing to take our credit card for us to
pay. That saves our cash
supplies. We have been taking
money out regularly to have ample cash in case of Grexit and we have brought a
fairly large sum with us as emergency supplies. So we should be alright, but the more money we can get for
the moment the better. So we are
pleasantly surprised to find that the local ATM allows us to withdraw 300 euros
In our tour of the town I find a laundry service. So I take in two large loads for them
to do. That puts me a bit ahead of
the game again. The laundry will
be ready after 11 am tomorrow.
We have a drink on board with the Luries, a wander around the town and
then a simple meal at a local restaurant.
We are a bit disappointed to find out that we have to move
tomorrow. A rally is coming in and
they require all the berths.
Richard has spoken to the port police who say we can stay until noon, to
get the laundry. We shall have to
anchor out with the Luries in the afternoon. That means will shall finally have to blow up our dinghy and
see if our outboard works!
It is now fairly late. Richard
is sound asleep while sitting at the chart table. The town is fairly lively, but we shall sleep I am sure.
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