Leros and lift out
Arwenofbosham
Rob and Jacky Black
Wed 21 Oct 2009 05:43
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37 07.7N 26 50.9E
17th - 21st October
Port Lakki
We sailed from Samos having ad a couple of bumpy
nights on the town quay with strong SSW winds. Our first stop was Partheni Bay
where we picked up a buoy near to the boat yard - Agmar where we will be
wintering - had a wonderful quiet night here apart from the military music
at dawn and dusk (there is an army barracks near bye). The next day we set off
for Port Lakki and arrived to be shown to our berth for the next few days - the
harbour staff here are very friendly and helpful. We were next to Rassy Lady -
Steve and Maggie were on board -(we met them in Lipso earlier this month).
So the winter jobs began in earnest on Monday
morning! First thing was to get the dinghy washed dried and packed away. Then
the main sail off which for those of you who know our boat is no mean feat
because it is huge! We devised a plan which actually worked quite well - removed
the batons, flaked the sail as best we could while still on the
mast, used sail ties to hold it together tightly, then took off the mast
cars and finally ran the leach out. We ended up with a length of sail flaked and
tied on the deck which we then man handled below. It is currently sitting on the
table in the saloon and when we lift out will be removed to the yard's cleaning
area! Thoroughly exhausted we decided that was enough heavy jobs for the day and
with the temperature soaring to the high 20s we called a halt. Later I began
checking the contents of lockers to update our inventory of ship's
stores.
Tuesday was car-hire day as we had a meeting at the
yard with Mr. Angelos regarding winter work. First though I
cleaned the forward heads while Robert washed the decks. I then sorted
out and packed one bag of clothes to go home (mostly things I haven't worn all
year! I then set off to find the tax office on the other side of the island
where I had to pay an 0.88 Euros cent tax and get a certificate to enable us to
be lifted out.Eventually having driven around the town of Ay Marina and met all
the students on their scooters coming out of college I found the office got the
certificate and drove back to Port Lakki.
Following this we went to the yard in Partheni Bay
and had our meeting regarding work to be done on the boat. We decided to have a
full 2000 hour service done and the yard will also wash, dry and fold the
mainsail and then have it checked over for minor repairs by their sail
maker. They will be doing some gel-coat repairs on the scratches on the port
side and we have asked for a quote to polish the hull too. In addition we have
to replace the faulty transducer which records speed so they will do this work
too. (It's going to be an expensive winter!)
In the evening we went out for supper to the only
decent taverna in Lakki - surprise surprise it was full of other yachties some
of whom were off later on to Athens on the over night ferry.We had a good
meal - huge portions so next time we will share a main
course!
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