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Post by Kinygos on Jun 21, 2013 17:37:02 GMT
This is Fanes Harbour June 2013, and I am left thinking if it wouldn't have been a good idea to get the University of Athens to check the longshore drift before they built it. This harbour silts up with sand and Posidonia oceanica debris at a truly phenomenal rate. The cost of perpetual dredging could have been saved by investing in a simple survey. Anyhow I intend to launch in August this year so all should be OK by then.  The object you can see supposedly on top of that heap of Posidonia is the other harbour light!  I am sure Posidonia makes good compost! Posidonia also known as Eelgrass. Seagrass, Neptune Grass or Mediterranean tapeweed |
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Post by Gilly on Jun 21, 2013 19:02:46 GMT
Lovely sunsets there though!
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Post by Kinygos on Jun 21, 2013 20:34:32 GMT
Lovely sunsets there though!
...and "The Sun Also Rises", but it's not much consolation if you want a harbour!
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Post by muriman on Jun 21, 2013 22:16:43 GMT
It might not have needed the University of Athens - anybody who went to school in Norfolk could have told them! I recall much of the local geography lessons were about longshore drift, causing half of the coastline between Sea Palling and Cromer to end up at Blakeney Point, while the other half enlarges Suffolk beyond Lowestoft and Kessingland. Is there an advisory contract available for rebuilding Fanes Harbour? I'll take the pay in drachmas, ready for future use.
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Post by Kinygos on Jun 22, 2013 5:35:25 GMT
I just corrected the grammar of the original posting, having messed it up with a previous edit, and added a link for the weed.
Muriman "...anybody who went to school in Norfolk could have told them!"; that puts paid to the NFN tag I think!
On the Norfolk coast the erosion and longshore drift are constantly reshaping East Anglia.
I find it hard to believe that the people who built the Acropolis at Lindos and the Colossus were ignorant of such things, yet they obviously just built the harbour and hoped for the best. Perhaps an additional breakwater would solve it, but it would need to be planned properly! It is quite weird to stand on the harbour and watch the waves outside heading NE and the gentle backwash into the harbour SW allowing deposition.
I always think that the lack of well built marinas on Rhodes, and indeed all the Greek islands is a missed opportunity. I know that the sailors* find the winds tricky around the islands, but I am sure that developing this potential could be the best way to revive Greek tourism. However we have the unfinished marina near Rodos Town and another ill thought out project on Halki. It is such a shame.
*Sailors are those who propel yachts by means of the wind. Motorboators, like me are a sub-order of life! However I mostly see yachts motoring when I am out and about, so I don't feel so bad. (When did anyone see a Gulet with sails set? In fact do they actually have sails?)
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