Tuesday 25 July 2019 – Gouvia

Neither of us slept very well last night.  Was it the heat? Who knows.  Woke up early to await the marina staff to sort out our berth.  They came after 9am.  There is a Sunseeker day boat in what should be our berth.  He is going out at around 11am and then we will move into our proper berth.

In the meantime we did chores.   I cleaned the galley and the heads.  We also washed the outside of the boat.  I also sorted out the laundry and took it in to be done.  There is rather a lot of it.

The marina people didn’t turn up when they said they would to move it to our berth.   We did it ourselves with the help of a neighbouring boat. The last thing we did was let the lazy line go to swap it for the one we are told belongs to our berth.  But before we changed it we noted that for the first time we were lying straight in the berth.  When we put the line on which is supposed to be ours we were at an angle again.  The marina people came and admitted that the lines are not right.  They are going to send a diver down tomorrow morning to see what is going on and if it can be put right.  Of course they said that last year and nothing was done.

The day turned extremely hot and uncomfortable.  We went to the pool and just about coped.  The weather forecast said it was 34C, but would feel like 38!  It is exhausting us both.  We went in to the village for dinner.  It is still stiffling here in the boat.

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