Greek ferries Part 2

Part 1

Pauline's notes on Athens Sparta airport -> Piraeus (the port):

Come out of arrivals, go right to "Exit 5". Turn left. Kiosk sells bus tickets. Bus x96 goes to Piraeus Port, 5€. The bus runs every 20 minutes, 24 hours a day, and the journey time is 50-60 minutes.

The bus drops on the far side of the port (Gates 1/2). Most departures are from Gates 7-9, you'll need to walk around to the other side of the port. Destinations are listed on each gate. The ticket kiosks were open by 0630.

Where available, hydrofoils and "fast cats" are faster than car ferries.

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The drainage in the lower field

What could you do with three cans of green gunk, a tub of Vaseline, gaffer tape, some cling film, bin bags, cardboard, and a power drill? We insulated our fridge. Right now, it looks like a Complete Bloody Mess. Today we learned that Bavaria insulate the sides and the bottoms of the fridge boxes with similar polyurethane gunk. Who'd have thought? Of course, we'd removed the compressor and drilled a couple of holes before we discovered this. Anyway, we're now convinced that the heat mostly was escaping through the wafer-thin top of the fridge, which makes sense as there's often sunlight directly onto the dark work surface. Tomorrow, Sara will attack the gunk with a bread knife and some sandpaper and it should come up nicely.

Launch Day!

Yesterday Grace got wet. Four boats went in yesterday: Cloud 9, Iona, Gabriella, and Grace of Lefkas. All were launched using a traditional method involving smoking, hammers, occasional shouting, and impressive skill. Kyriakos, who runs the operation, knows the dimensions of all the boats in his yard and adjusts the launch sledge by eye. Launch Day! Considering the amount of standing around, it was an exciting and exhausting day.

Greek logistics work after all

The new alternator arrived on this morning's first ferry. Look at the shiny-shiny: I had to swap the pulley for one the right size, but otherwise its all fine. - Phil

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