Friday, September 7, 2012

On the subject of mooring fees, we’ve frequently paid either no or only a minimal fee in Greek harbours. After leaving Corfu we didn’t pay any fees for 5 nights until we arrived in Vathy. It takes some time for the harbour master to calculate the fee - involving it seems 3 or 4 different calculations (when you berth there he comes along and calls you over to a table at the cafe/restaurant on the quayside where he gets out his calculator to work out the fee and fill out the official form). The fee came to E11! Electricity was an additional E1.60! The second night (another round of calculations) came to E6! In Aegina where our fee was about the same, a charter boat which berthed next to us paid E1.44 for the night!! We are always asked if we are a charter boat or private boat but I hadn’t known the fee for charter boats was so minimal. Can’t understand why given the economic situation they don’t just impose a sensible minimum fee in all ports/harbours. And despite the economic situation there are more yachts here than perhaps in the rest of the Med in total. It’s hard to get a berth in a marina in the most indebted country in Europe!??

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