Living aboard in a boatyard

[tsheldon]

lol

ROFL - I just spat my wine all over the table!

i think he means guy lol

 

[suebabsthenoo]

Hard living

Hi all
Just done 11 weeks in the yard at Partheni on Leros..back of beyond but peaceful except for the howling wind.
Have porta poti but couldnt be bovvaired to get it out so bucket it was,we had the yard to oursens for 6 weeks so all facilities were private once workers went home,v early as they do in Greece.Decided to excercise control over first morning ablute which did work as time went on the bod got used to it.
I noticed that the Germans and French all used the hose into the can system which I thought was v refined and we just let all the sink and washer waste onto the ground,had some nice grass and weeds round us though.
Sue

 

[charles_reed]

http://www.amazon.com/P-Mate-Female-Disposable-Urine-Director/dp/B000R8YAH4

Well that puts a new slant on Siggy's theory of "penis envy"

 

[charles_reed]

Plumbing problems aside, I find the tedious thing about living aboard the boat when its propped up on the hard, is that boatyards are dusty, stony places and you have to be really fastidious about taking off your outside shoes before climbing up the ladder to get aboard and then scrambling down barefoot to find your shoes when you want to get off.
Everything has to be lugged up the ladder as well which can be quite an effort with bottles of mineral water and cans of beer!
All in all it's not a pleasant experience and we try to keep the number of days in the yard to the minimum by doing all the jobs we can such as removing sails and deflating the dinghy whilst in the water.

The boatyard pooch here twice made off with my one of my sandals doing that.

 

[charles_reed]

Thanks for all the replies, and for being so candid, very helpful.
The alternative option for us would be be to winter afloat at Levkas (Nov-March) but, as we hope to leave the boat for 2-3 months, figured that ashore would be the cheaper option, maybe not though if the yards charge a premium for living aboard. Also, hadn't thought of the insurance implications, we'll have to check that out.

In fact the Living Aboard €5 was (in Aktio) for 2 persons - it was €3 for one.
However the additional and, frequently unheralded, charges do make having the boat on the hard an uneconomic proposition.
It was cheaper and considerably more convenient for me to winter in Kalamata (in the water) than to return to Aktio.
I find it hard to understand the fascination the place has for so many. Even the town is less interesting and has fewer facilities than many other Greek towns and the travel - what an odyssey.