Debbie gave a sigh of amazement and we looked up to see a crescent moon rising over the water, with the reflections over the anchorage of glowing mooring lights and the silky flat water. All our photos looked like we had snapped a Van Gogh painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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On Thursday, two wonderful young mechanics, did finally come and get us started. Sadly, the starter motor had \u2018Angused\u2019, rhyming slang for not starting due to being decrepit. Orlando suggested we could proceed to the island of Corfu, and make our way to Petriti. We might not have made the sunset clause of being anchored by sunset, if we tried to get to Gouvia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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But the critical problem, was the realisation that without the generator, the coffee grinder wouldn\u2019t work. No coffee? The entire crew of Cair Vie, despaired and disappointment clouded the morning.
Suddenly Debbie and Diane began brainstorming. Out comes the used wine bottles and cutting boards. Filling Ziplock bags with coffee beans, they rolled the beans in submission and crushed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The coffee was very good indeed. Small wins for missing the wonderful lunch we had planned near Igoumentsa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Orlando and crew eventually returned and after another hour and a half, finally got the boat to start.
We went straight back to the marina. Despite the Sunsail\u2019s team best efforts, we had lost two days of our vacation. Back at the marina, the Sunsail manager, put in a recommendation that we receive a refund for the two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
reply was that Sunsail \u201d would like to extending a yachting credit of $1832 AUD to the Duncalf\u2019s to be used toward future charter.\u201d 10% of our charter fees to be collected as a voucher towards another Sunsail cruise but not in Australia, Italy or three other ports.
Two full days lost, still, they hope we had fun. Especially since we are a valued customer.
Read the Fine Print.<\/em><\/strong>
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