B&M
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Does anyone know of a mechanic in Pilos who can fix an alternator that has given up charging. Otherwise I may have to head on to Kalamata.
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charles_reed
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B&M
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Thanks, I may well do that as Monday is a national holiday I believe and nowhere will be open.
charles_reed
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Yes, June the 9th, Whit Monday. Go to Finikounda and buy Jim Baersalman a beer. You should be OK to tie-up, bows-to off the E breakwater and he may be able to arrange a power link-up to recharge your batteries.
B&M
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At present my solar panels are keeping the house batteries charged, so I will head for Kalamata tomorrow. Thanks for your advice.
jimbaerselman
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Kalamata Yanni is easily the best bet. Pylos will only offer automotive alternator service, not familiar with external voltage controls, and all off work til Tuesday.
Yes, 3m draft over sand on the east side of Finikounda pier, shallowing as you close with the shore. Bows to you can find a gap in the rubble supporting the quay to get close enough to step ashore. Stern to you'd need to stand off a bit and use the dinghy as a rope ferry. I'll check to see if the power is still linked up - if so the socket is wired into the base of the street lamp which also has a water tap.
If you drop by, txt on 0044 7802 853 564 with an ETA. I'm only 700 metres over the hill from the quay. Tony told me your needs . . .
JimB
Yes, 3m draft over sand on the east side of Finikounda pier, shallowing as you close with the shore. Bows to you can find a gap in the rubble supporting the quay to get close enough to step ashore. Stern to you'd need to stand off a bit and use the dinghy as a rope ferry. I'll check to see if the power is still linked up - if so the socket is wired into the base of the street lamp which also has a water tap.
If you drop by, txt on 0044 7802 853 564 with an ETA. I'm only 700 metres over the hill from the quay. Tony told me your needs . . .
JimB
B&M
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Many thanks for your advice, I am now in Pilos and have survived the first storm with gusts of 58 knts before we were able to dock, a second storm looks very imminent. I intend to head for Kalamata tomorrow weather permitting and will look up Yanni who we have heard has a very good reputation.
charles_reed
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Storm? About 25 knots SE of Zante on Monday 5-10 knots down the coast. I'd be interested to hear what happens - of course anything can and does happen in a thunderhead downdraft.
jimbaerselman
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Charles, you're right, as usual.
It all depends how close the thunderstorm passes and how big it was. No downdrafts around Fini today. Not more than 10 kts, but plenty of rumbling on Thor's drums, a bit of rain on the vegetable garden, and two or three power outs.
Definitely unseasonable.
It all depends how close the thunderstorm passes and how big it was. No downdrafts around Fini today. Not more than 10 kts, but plenty of rumbling on Thor's drums, a bit of rain on the vegetable garden, and two or three power outs.
Definitely unseasonable.
Steve C Cronin
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***Can't agree totally on that. Our experience of the fastest wind speed in western Greece was 63kts on Ithaca and THAT was in June too.
BurnitBlue
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Belay that. Come to Preveza and buy ME a beer.
charles_reed
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Got caught in a big one between Samothraki and Limnos on Monday last - bowling along on starboard reach in 10-12 knots W. Along came this humdinger - wind went round to NE 28 knots, mean, and I was frantically putting in 2 reefs and rolling away the genoa. By the time I got to Myrina it was back down to a gentle Bf3. Most Pilots and Wikipedia are way out of date, as the outer breakwater has been completed and there was a Fleet Minesweeper and a Fleet Auxiliary tied up at the commercial quay, two freighters unloading as well as the daily ferry from Kavala. To cap it all a cruise liner anchored inside and the Philippino crew made an awful hand of bringing in their passengers by those little near-round lifeboats. Then had 33mm of rain on Wednesday.
Very strange weather.
