Unfortunately on the sail over from Crete to this island, only 180nm away, I came down with a head cold. No fun when you have to stand watch in the middle of the night, or when it starts to rain as it inevitably does sailing in winter. To top that off, the power system on the boat stopped working. With the wind dying, the wind generator or what we call “Meap” (Mechanical energy appliance producer), would do us no good. Additionally, the engine did not seem to be charging the batteries either. Hmmmm. So not only did the wind die in the middle of the night, so did our nav lights, wind instruments and compass light. Great.
Our 36 hour trip ended up taking us 50 hours, as we had to sail around to allow the wind generator to charge up the batteries to start the engine, not really so bad, except I just didn’t feel well. I wanted a couch, a fireplace, a blankie, a hot cup of tea, a TV with copious amounts of movies, and a place to plant myself for hours. Home sounded good.
Anyhow, this is a very cute Greek island, totally something out of a brochure, but really small. The whole town where we stopped is only like three streets deep. Upon doing boat chores (and something we knew about from when we were underway), the head (toilet) was wobbling, and needed repairs. When Brian went to fix it, he discovered that both brackets that hold the toilet down were broken completely. Yeah…He had to remove everything including the vanity to get the repair done. Oh, this boat has like 3 screw drivers and a pair of pliers Brian bought.
Okay, since Carl was at his friends, we stayed on the boat, but the next night we checked into a hotel. It’s no fun to have to wait until the café opens in the morning to go to the bathroom! Did I mention that there were no facilities here – bathroom or shower, or did I have to? On the plus side, I feel much better, but it’s still raining.
So, my shower average is now 6 days. Gross, I know, and probably way TMI, but it’s not all glamorous, all the time people. I am so looking forward to warm weather and warmer water (ocean) where showers are not such a concern since all you have to do is jump in to the sea – ahhhhhhh………
Oh, I finally got a gyros, a spanikopita, and a piece of baklava. Yummy!
Our 36 hour trip ended up taking us 50 hours, as we had to sail around to allow the wind generator to charge up the batteries to start the engine, not really so bad, except I just didn’t feel well. I wanted a couch, a fireplace, a blankie, a hot cup of tea, a TV with copious amounts of movies, and a place to plant myself for hours. Home sounded good.
Anyhow, this is a very cute Greek island, totally something out of a brochure, but really small. The whole town where we stopped is only like three streets deep. Upon doing boat chores (and something we knew about from when we were underway), the head (toilet) was wobbling, and needed repairs. When Brian went to fix it, he discovered that both brackets that hold the toilet down were broken completely. Yeah…He had to remove everything including the vanity to get the repair done. Oh, this boat has like 3 screw drivers and a pair of pliers Brian bought.
Okay, since Carl was at his friends, we stayed on the boat, but the next night we checked into a hotel. It’s no fun to have to wait until the café opens in the morning to go to the bathroom! Did I mention that there were no facilities here – bathroom or shower, or did I have to? On the plus side, I feel much better, but it’s still raining.
So, my shower average is now 6 days. Gross, I know, and probably way TMI, but it’s not all glamorous, all the time people. I am so looking forward to warm weather and warmer water (ocean) where showers are not such a concern since all you have to do is jump in to the sea – ahhhhhhh………
Oh, I finally got a gyros, a spanikopita, and a piece of baklava. Yummy!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katnbrian/sets/72157623109371813/
