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The marina in the background has been our home for the last three nights. Despite the saline drinking water and a 20 minute walk to the shops I had originally tried to get in Reggio Calabria but was refused a berth and told to go into the commercial harbour next door.
Taking the bow line with her Liz jumped ashore onto oily, foul smelling steps but when asked to come back down to take the stern line she made derogatory comments about the layer of oil on the water, the plastic rubbish floating in it, the smell and the swell.
"I am not going to spend my Anniversary in this shit hole. We are leaving."
This was an order issused without thought to the consequences. Anchoring in the Straits is forbidden. Messina doesn't look too good and a night sail on our anniversay would not go down well.
Our Rod Heikell pilot claims to be corrected up to 1995 but it doesn't show this marina and doesn't have a good word to say for this delightful town.
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