Yippes, locked masts from rolling. One of the things that we are warned about is to avoid lined up masts , but never actually seen it happen.Wowser. Must be worrying to say the least. Hope no one got hurt.
Agreed. We had this discussion in the aftermath of last years medicane. Are those boats lying to lazy lines or there own anchor. That makes a huge difference. At anchor in the bay no one would anchor so close as to lock masts. Also a boat can drag the length of a football pitch without harm. Against a stone wall dragging a single meter would be a problem. Not to mention the reflected turbulance from the wall. Then there is locked masts. Did you note the flying solar panel. The advantage of stern lines ro the wall is fine up to a certain windspeed to stop swinging around. Above a certain windspeed it is a very real nightmare. Anthing above F6 or F7 I reckon.Once again it shows a harbour wall isn't the place. To be when there any type of storm but for some reason people seen to think is safer , maybe because they can step off the boat when it gets too much and let the insurance deal with the cost.
Of cause they do look like charter yacht ,.
its not their home with all there worldly goods so maybe they have the right idea and walk away.
Yes, it is so easy to judge current conditions especially when other boats are already tied up there. Human nature to group together is understandable.there was just standard rain on and off all day and no wind.
then when the storm came over there was microburst or something like that with high wind for a few minutes
I wonder if the Charteres lost their damage deposit.I was in Little Vathy at the time it was very windy. One boat called a mayday just outside. Went to Aegina yesterday 5 yacht badly damaged all charter boats
I wonder if the Charteres lost their damage deposit.
They will be on their own anchors, I don't remember seeing lazy lines there a few years ago. It is pretty exposed and we avoid it but have used the harbour. Last time we put out plenty of chain but others didn't (as usual) and dragged against us. The wind swung slightly and we reckoned it might not be good later that night even though the forecast was reasonable. Unfortunately, it took a while to extricate ourselves from some anchor chains and had to use more throttle that I liked. Our own anchor refused to budge and we also managed to hook the chain over the protrusion at the back of the keel. First time ever but easy enough to sort out.Agreed. We had this discussion in the aftermath of last years medicane. Are those boats lying to lazy lines or there own anchor. That makes a huge difference. At anchor in the bay no one would anchor so close as to lock masts. Also a boat can drag the length of a football pitch without harm. Against a stone wall dragging a single meter would be a problem. Not to mention the reflected turbulance from the wall. Then there is locked masts. Did you note the flying solar panel. The advantage of stern lines ro the wall is fine up to a certain windspeed to stop swinging around. Above a certain windspeed it is a very real nightmare. Anthing above F6 or F7 I reckon.
That is not uncommon in Monastiraki. It's a gully at the bottom of a large rainfall run-off area and the drainage just isn't strong enough to defend it. I once changed tables at a restaurant three times as the water level rose from a typical summer flash downfall.