Adieu

Kosta's little fishing boat is sold and gone.  

Goodbye my love goodbye 

The engine purrs, son in law Kyriakos unties the lines, for the last short trip across the strait from Poros to the Greek mainland. 

The boat is now on the island of Chios.  Chios is the 5th largest Greek island, way over to the east, very close to Turkey.  It's a long way from Poros

The new owner is an engineer in the merchant navy, spends most of the year at sea.  He saw the boat advertised on the web, saw the photos and made up his mind immediately that he wanted it.  He sent a deposit and arrived on Poros a few weeks later, paid the rest and he still hadn't seen the boat.  

We took him round the offices, Harbour Police and Accountants, and the deal was sealed and signed before he stepped foot on deck.

K and he conducted many long telephone conversations before the transaction was finalised, established goodwill, trust.    While he was still away on the high seas his wife made transfers, arranged for official papers.  When we all finally met we became good friends

Chios is a long journey which our little boat couldn't make on its own.  A big lorry picked up the boat and loaded it on board.  The truck went to Piraeus where the new owner was waiting and they all sailed on the overnight ferry to Chios.

It was off loaded there at a ship yard for inspection, repainting and cleaning.  The owner didn't get to actually sail it and go fishing before he was off again on another overseas trip.   He will return.  This is his dream he says to retire and spend his days fishing.  Just like K

 Bye Danae

Now renamed Tamara

The boat will not be staying on Chios.  It's final home will be the small island of Oinousses, about an hours sailing from Chios.

Oinousses is described on Wiki as a serene cluster of small islets off the coast of Chios, famed as the 'Island of shipowners'.  It is popular for its quiet beaches and low key holidays.