Lavrion
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Fri 4 Sep 2009 14:35
37:42.7N
24:03.6E
Friday 4th September
2009
We enjoyed the
anchorage off Stila island so much we decided to stay another day, and left this
morning to head 30 miles across the South Evia channel to
Lavrion. With a mixture of motoring, sailing and motor-sailing
we arrived mid-afternoon in the harbour which was much bigger than anticipated,
with room for several ferries, what seemed like hundreds of charter yachts (it
was change-over day!), the usual fishing fleet - and nowhere obvious for
visiting boats! We approached two berths and were turned away, but no-one
would tell us where the visitors' berths were. Eventually a kind gent in a
rib called out where we should go, and at the same time the Port Police, who we
had contacted on the VHF gave us a number to ring to organise a berth.
Eventually we were called into a space and our lines taken, and we were safely
tied up. The only other cruiser there was an American yacht called
Attitudes, who gave us info about supermarkets etc.
We took a walk into
town and stocked up on some provisions, stopping at a taverna on the corner of
the fish market where the waitress told us, not surprisingly, "We only have
fish"! So we had fish!