We have spent 3 night holed up on Mykonos waiting for the Meltemi to calm down. We have had an excellent time here, despite thoroughly disliking Mykonos town. The army of yachties, as Phil referred to them, turned out to be not only helpful but very friendly. We went to dinner with three other couples the first night and had a lovely drunken evening, with good food and a lot of laughs. Everyone was incredibly helpful including the motor yacht crew and owners, who joined in the chatting and on one occasion asked if we needed anything from the shop, as he was going!
We were all out on the quay for most new arrivals as the 30 knots of breeze made mooring up especially tricky. Unfortunately there were some accidents. Some were just minor wind induced mess ups and no damage was done, a lot pushing and shoving from the shore crew was enough to solve the issue. However some were more serious and several boats were damaged, pull pits bent, smashed fibre glass bathing platform, scratches along side, missing navigation lights and in one incident a catamaran scrapped along the side of a yacht and then ploughed into the quay. The port police have said that this catamaran can now not leave until the damage to the front of its port side hull has been assessed for sea worthiness. Leaving was equally as hard as arriving for many boats as the wind only dropped to about 20 knots even now and the army of yachties were required on several occasions. We were not proud and recruited all the helpers that we needed to moor, re-moor and then leave. Consequently we were able to escape undamaged.
We were all out on the quay for most new arrivals as the 30 knots of breeze made mooring up especially tricky. Unfortunately there were some accidents. Some were just minor wind induced mess ups and no damage was done, a lot pushing and shoving from the shore crew was enough to solve the issue. However some were more serious and several boats were damaged, pull pits bent, smashed fibre glass bathing platform, scratches along side, missing navigation lights and in one incident a catamaran scrapped along the side of a yacht and then ploughed into the quay. The port police have said that this catamaran can now not leave until the damage to the front of its port side hull has been assessed for sea worthiness. Leaving was equally as hard as arriving for many boats as the wind only dropped to about 20 knots even now and the army of yachties were required on several occasions. We were not proud and recruited all the helpers that we needed to moor, re-moor and then leave. Consequently we were able to escape undamaged.
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