Iraklion and fresh fish for lunch
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Tue 16 Sep 2008 15:32
35:21.621N
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We left Rethymno in
much calmer weather than we had arrived - we passed this little rowing boat in
the bay on the way out - he definitely wouldn't have been there when we came
in!
Not sure if the
parasol is to keep the sun off or for use as a sail!
It was a fairly
straightforward motor along the coast, so Steve decided to trail the paravane
out the back of the boat just to see if anything would bite. We really
haven't tried fishing yet, as we are complete novices and thought we would
wait till we could ask advice from English speakers. We used to trail the
paravane off the back of Storyline, but never really had much luck with
it.
However...half an
hour after putting out the line, it was obvious there was something on it, and
we pulled in our first real catch (the first fish invited himself on board so
doesn't count!) Now, we know that to Rob and Sarah this is just small fry,
but to us it was rather exciting.
Okay, so it
wasn't even as long as Steve's foot, but it was a catch all the
same!
Steve then went into
hunter/gatherer mode and set about tending the line (which meant checking it
hopefully every 10 minutes) but we caught nothing else. I beat a hasty
retreat whilst Steve prepared the fish for the pan, and we had fresh fish for
lunch.
It was just as well
we had some enjoyment from this trip as our arrival in Iraklion is memorable
only by the difficulty we had in finding somewhere to secure the boat for the
night. The inner harbour was choc-a-bloc full with some sailing ragatta,
there was no one around to advise where we might tie up, so in the end we
lowered the rib and went stern to a rather high wall in the outer harbour.
We pulled the davits right in and kept the stern of the boat right out from the
wall because the swell and the wash between them made it a very lumpy
mooring. We didn't even attempt to go ashore, but ate dinner on board
and watched a dvd in the cockpit. It took some time to watch, though,
because we had to put it on pause every time a plane took off from Iraklion
airport because the harbour is immediately under their flight path and the noise
was deafening! We left early the next morning. Definitely a place to
miss!