Oh dear - they didn't leave us alone. 10 minutes after I wrote the last post, they turned up in a borrowed fishing boat to tell us there is a ferry due in one hour and we are right in its path. So move!
So back to the quay. We decided to try mooring alongside as there was plenty of space. After fussing around with chains, ropes, planks & fenders for an hour, we settled down to wait for the ferry. What a nightmare! It came in at high speed and then instead of dropping an anchor it continuously ran its propellers against its mooring warps to keep itself off the quay. It then left again at high speed. All this set up a horrific slop which, if we hadn't been so thorough would have seriously damaged Rosa. As it was we ground large chunks out of the board and tore a couple of fender covers. All ths despite also shoving hard on the shrouds from the quay. And then two hours later at 23.20, it came back and did it again! We won't be going back to Karlovasi.
We left at 0630 for Chios and had a nice gentle passage, over half of which was under sail. On the way, we saw a large warship approaching from one direction and then realised there was a submarine on teh surface in its path. We expected a rendezvous but in fact, the warship (which turned out to be Turkish) steamed past and shortly afterwards, the sub submerged. I took some rather surreptitious photos.
So back to the quay. We decided to try mooring alongside as there was plenty of space. After fussing around with chains, ropes, planks & fenders for an hour, we settled down to wait for the ferry. What a nightmare! It came in at high speed and then instead of dropping an anchor it continuously ran its propellers against its mooring warps to keep itself off the quay. It then left again at high speed. All this set up a horrific slop which, if we hadn't been so thorough would have seriously damaged Rosa. As it was we ground large chunks out of the board and tore a couple of fender covers. All ths despite also shoving hard on the shrouds from the quay. And then two hours later at 23.20, it came back and did it again! We won't be going back to Karlovasi.We left at 0630 for Chios and had a nice gentle passage, over half of which was under sail. On the way, we saw a large warship approaching from one direction and then realised there was a submarine on teh surface in its path. We expected a rendezvous but in fact, the warship (which turned out to be Turkish) steamed past and shortly afterwards, the sub submerged. I took some rather surreptitious photos.
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