Where is it ?

[starfire]

Ok, 1st attempt at this, just spent ages resizing, uploading etc so be gentle if it dosn't work !

So, where ? usual prize to the winner.

 

[ebbtide]

The Calanques between Marseille and Toulon maybe?
Now tell us you sailed there!

 

[paulburton44]

That is Frikes, Ithaca, Greek islands....I think.

 

[Mark-1]

Yeah, I think Frikes too.

Taken from this windmill?

 

[Davy_S]

That didnt last very long did it? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[starfire]

That didn't take long, 2 winners !

Knew there was a way up there, so had an investigate, hot day, so needed a few beers afterwards.

Ok, bonus points, 2 mobo's in the picture, whats the problem ? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Mark-1]

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Ok, bonus points, 2 mobo's in the picture, whats the problem ?

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Wash from the Ferry or waves? I'm sure there was some reason not to moor there.

Edit:
Just checked Heikell - Yes, pontoons untenable with Ferry wash. Don't know if that's true in practice, but I don't plan to find out.

 

[Davy_S]

The floating pontoons roll all over the place with any wash or swell, you cannot get on or off them!

 

[starfire]

You know the place !

We are alongside the far wall, every time I have been there someone has tied up to the pontoons, then discovered there is a 10ft gap to dry land, the electric points fool them & they are not connected either.

The pontoons are slowly breaking apart, where they join there is broken concrete & steel reinforcement sticking out.

Anything big going across the mouth of the bay sends a swell into frikes about 20 mins later, the pontoons tip up to 45 degrees.

I have used them as a tieback for long lines, stay at least 5m off them.


Got a bollocking off a pro italian skipper for being alongside the wall, when i could have gone stern to & left him lots of space for his big yacht & guests.

I tried to explain why we were alongside & got more armwaving & a little abuse.

He then went stern to behind us, couple of foot away, lines everywhere, after 2 hours of dragging & trying to reset his anchor on the rocky bottom, he upped hook & motored somewhere else, looking a little embarrassed.

 

[Master_and_Commander]

With 100% cetainty, that's Frikes (which incidentally, when translated into English, means 'Freaky'. The reason it's called that is because of the wind that blows through there in the afternoons)

 

[Master_and_Commander]

Ah the Italians! Best thing to do with them is to throw a line over the side and prop them!

We encountered one in Big Vathi a couple of years back who ran up the gangplank of the yacht next door and smacked the skipper in the mouth - nice!!!