Web Diary Page 12th-14th September 2007
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Thu 20 Sep 2007 23:31
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WEB DIARY PAGES 12-14th SEPTEMBER
2007
NEAPOLIS POSITION 36:29.60N
23:03.90E
Left Paleokastro early-ish, and motored up to
Neapolis, a larger town on the mainland only a mile away. Stu
& Beccs left us at Neapolis to catch a bus/ferry back to Athens via
Navplion, and Bob & M went in search of fuel... with the engine
still playing up, we discovered that if we kept the tank full, there seemed to
be less of the engine cutting out. Alas, no fuel on the dock, and
after two hours or so of asking, in pigeon Greek & English, there were no
tankers available to bring the fuel to the dock. Then we discovered
Sofia, in the fishing tackle shop ! What a wonderful lady - we
explained that we needed to buy some diesel canisters and get some fuel onto the
boat, so she arranged for her husband to mind the shop, put us in the car and
drove us out of the town to the petrol station. After a conversation
with the gas station man, she took us back into town to the hardware shop where
we bought four canisters, and the shop owners son took Bob plus canisters back
to the gas station, and Sofia took M back to the boat - Bob then had to share an
animated conversation with the garage owner about football, and pretend to be an
Arsenal supporter, at which point he was given a drink and half a water melon
and sent on his way with the full canisters ! Spent the next 48 hours
catching up on some sleep, resting our aching bodies and doing some routine (!)
maintenance on the boat.... Bob still trying to work out why the
engine is still spluttering from time to time. Left Neapolis late on
the 14th for our first night sail towards Zakynthos.
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