Lavrion - Docking
- photo courtesy of SY Funny Girl
Within the harbour, adjacent to the small fishing harbor, there is a section reserved for yachts on the town quay (on the outside of the “L” shaped mole). The Harbour Authority have also installed a new pontoon off the end of the mole, which has water and electricity.
Some water and electricity bollards will often be locked by charter companies. They may not allow use of these bollards even if there is no charter boat present.
Several charter companies operate from here so most of the berths are used by these companies. Changeover days are usually Friday and Saturday, so the area will be extremely busy on those days. Midweek, however, will be much quieter and space may be available.
Call the Harbour Authority on arrival and they will allocate you a berth. There are fixed laid lines here and you should not anchor.
Be sure to pay the Harbour Authorities only for your berth. Other people, including the charter companies, may ask you to pay them, but the Harbour Authorities are the only office you should visit with payment.
The town quay is subject to swell in strong southerlies.
A better alternative is the marina just south of the town. The Olympic Marina is large and has an extensive range of repair facilities. At one time the Carter 33s and 37s were built here. Shelter is good in the marina however it is rather remote from the town and more of a “parking” place for yachts than atmospheric marina.
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Lavrion for us was very unwelcoming. Yes there are many stores for excellent provisioning, but we got the cold shoulder from the Port Authority, who didn’t seem to give much of a damn about what we did or didn’t do. They could not help with anything. Not electricity nor water, nor advice for a laundry. They didn’t care that the Charter Boat operators have all the berths to themselves, and could not provide even a temporary spot for us to pick up passengers the next day given that we were being forced to leave by the charter companies.
Then the Port Police were another story again. They wanted to view original passports of all our passengers for the transit log. They were not happy with all the information provided on my crew list and wanted to check that it was correct against original documents…. and here’s the kicker… I explained that my new passengers were arriving tomorrow, so of course I don’t have their passports… and when they arrive, there is nowhere for me to dock or anchor so as I can bring them the passports. Is this stupid or what? Their attitude is that this is MY problem not theirs.
You’d think this town would at the very least provide a 2 hour public jetty, but no. Nothing.
Of course, the attitude you get from the charter boat operators is also appalling. It is like the whole town is saying, GO AWAY, WE DON’T WANT YOU HERE.
Grossly over-priced and miles from town.
I don’t entirely agree with that. This is for sure no beauty spot, but everything that you could possibly want is available in a small radius.
The Thursday market is fantastic and there are a number of good eateries (but not the ones in TripAdvisor). Try To Limani. If you need help there ask for Yiannis on 0030 695 757 7777. Don’t go there over the weekend though. The place is indeed owned by the charter companies.
Laviro is a confusing mix of officialdom and ‘private enterprise’. Although the Port Authority is as helpful as they can be this is a Charter Base and to all intents and purposes, they own the place.
The Town Quay is home to a number of charter companies and during the week is almost deserted. Change over days are Friday and Saturday and there is little point in trying to get in as the place is generally full. Sunday to Thursday you stand more of a chance.
The quayside is equipped with water and electricity points, locked and chained shut, which are owned by the Charter Operators. Good Luck in finding which one though; Argolis and HDM, based at the eastern end of the quay seem to run many of the points east of the small stubby jetty midway along the quay.
The berths on the quay by the fishing harbour, seem to be run by The Yacht Week and Istion. On this quay you may find unofficial dockhands (bored fishermen?) who will help you tie up then ask for €20 …….. Watch them. We suddenly found ourselves with one of the laid mooring messenger lines around our prop, the dock hand would happily dive and free it for us ……..
The Charter Operators are a mix of helpful and down right rude, but then they probably speak highly of visiting yachts cluttering up their work area.
The caution regarding only paying the Port Authority stands. However, you are only paying for the berth, electricity and water is the domain of the Charter Companies. It is about €5 per day for electricity and the same again per cubic metre of water, if you can find the person with the key.
The Port Authority office is the isolated low beize coloured building with two chimneys west of the quayside; there is a restaurant with a tiny clock tower on it and the office is on the west side of that. The staff there are friendly and helpful but their first priority is the Charter Operators, but at least they polite about it.
The Port Authority phone numbers are 00 30 22920 27711 (land line) 00 30 69700 29900 (mobile). The advertise that they operate VHF Ch 6. The website is http://www.oll.gr but isn’t overly helpful.
Laviro itself is far from an attractive place. It does, however, have 4 or 5 supermarkets, a small chandlers, a post office, mobile phone store and a Jumbo. The My Market stores (two of them) will deliver to the quayside. There is a fresh fruit and veg market and a fish market.
There are a large number of tavernas.
Fuel is available by mini tanker.
If you are looking for an overnight stay, mid week, to take on provisions this is the place. Other than that there is little reason to visit.
A note of caution. We met a couple whose boat had been on the hard here for a while. When they returned to it they had lost a host of portable kit such as radios, EPIRBS and the like
May I suggest that “Greek maths” be substituted by Greek hospitality and possibly trust.
Wintered our boat 2014 to 2015 at the gravel area at south end of main harbour with Dimitris (not Olympic Marine). This is a cheap winter storage solution for many boats, but be aware.
He does not keep paper records and therefore deals that were made will be forgotten and your price will go up (charged us extra for cradles). Then you will not go back in the water until he’s received his payment.
He is incompetent as a crane driver and also does not know how to deal with timber or boats other than the standard charter boat.
There are two companies working this yard and they have some kind of agreement, but no teamwork and in no way any improved efficiency.
This is the old Greek, off the books way of doing things and not recommended at all. There are some local and charter boats using it regularly but without any relationship or local knowledge highly recommend staying away!
At the main pier itself, there is a very nice Harbour Master and the perfect spot right in town if you can get in, otherwise as has been said use the charter spots during the week.
Regards
Oliver
Posted on behalf of SY Funny Girl;
In Lavrion (not the Olympic Marina) there is a newly installed pontoon close to the ferry jetties.
This pontoon is controlled by the harbour authorities, but a lot of locals put private signs on berths.
The best thing to do when entering is to get in contact with the harbour authorities and they will tell you where to go. Mid-week yachts can use the charter berths. Be careful who you pay as everybody wants your money.
Always pay the harbour authority. The charter companies (the personnel) will ask for money, but they are not allowed to do that, ONLY pay the Harbour Authorities. Nice office at the far end into the harbour – cream-colored building.
If you accidentally pay the charter company, ask for a receipt and show it to the authorities to prove you have already paid.
This information is first hand from the port authority.
Water and electricity are obtained from service poles, the one we found was not locked. Most of the locks are broken but nobody seems to care. We stayed 4 nights and got a discount …. why we don’t know, but an average night for a 12-metre boat is about 20 € – we paid in total 20 €??!! Greek maths I suppose.
We left the boat at Olympic Marina and for us, it was very safe and you can take a bus to Athens in 2 hours. There are full services and it’s in a good location.
Olympic Marina is unbelievably well situated. The management and staff are incompetent. You are on your own.