Tuesday 9 April 2013
We went to move the boat on Wednesday, as she had wintered on the Neilson pontoon, but they were about to start launching their boats, and we had to move. We took her over to the little pontoon we use when we can in the summer, but the anchor windlass stopped working and Dave found electrics that had corroded and become dangerous, so we spent much longer with the boat than expected, and had to come back the next day.
Sitting in the sun at the Elite cafe after the job was done, we saw this blacked-out minibus with diplomatic plates draw up, and a tall guy in a dark suit and sunglasses step out. He opened the door for a small group of what looked like Chinese tourists, who stepped into a waiting boat and were ferried out towards the islands. That night the BBC ran a news story that the Russians had bought Onassis' island of Skorpios. All very worrying, as it could mean major changes to this area.
We went to move the boat on Wednesday, as she had wintered on the Neilson pontoon, but they were about to start launching their boats, and we had to move. We took her over to the little pontoon we use when we can in the summer, but the anchor windlass stopped working and Dave found electrics that had corroded and become dangerous, so we spent much longer with the boat than expected, and had to come back the next day.
Sitting in the sun at the Elite cafe after the job was done, we saw this blacked-out minibus with diplomatic plates draw up, and a tall guy in a dark suit and sunglasses step out. He opened the door for a small group of what looked like Chinese tourists, who stepped into a waiting boat and were ferried out towards the islands. That night the BBC ran a news story that the Russians had bought Onassis' island of Skorpios. All very worrying, as it could mean major changes to this area.
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