The next day we left for Paros and the harbour of Naussa only 10 miles away and we sailed slowly while Ross, Jessie and Marina jumped of the boat into the water. The water is getting cooler but it is still above 22 degrees so it’s more swimmable than Vancouver ever gets.
We went around the corner close to some rocks to find a beautiful new marina with virtually no services yet. Laid moorings – next year, water and electricity – only to some berths, showers – makeshift, so it’s 95% complete but not quite there. The good news is that it was free – so to a certain extent how can you complain. The shelter was excellent, there were lots of good restaurants and shops and the town was very pretty and friendly, internet is everywhere and fast.
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| Marina's Favourite Friends on Paros |
We spent a couple days there, Jessie wanted to go up to the top of the mast to take some photos and the marina guy went a bit nuts – saying that we could get fined for her going up without a safety rope around the mast (she was on two tied off halyards and was wearing an ANSI rated climbing harness). I find it a bit laughable that they’d care about going up the mast but it’s OK to ride a motor scooter at 60kph without a helmet with your kid on your lap wearing a bathing suit while talking on your cellphone … but everyone has their own view of risk.
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| Jessie's Shot from the Top of the Mast |
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