2016-08-31 Kalimnos.
There is a 15€ fee for docking at the west wall and then “Yanis” from the municipality talks to you about dockage and water fees. 5€ of electricity gets you about 11-12 kw (minimum one can buy) and water runs 2.5€ per half-ton.

The minimum one can buy. If one takes shore power or water, be prepared to have your cord and hose run over by a motorcycle 6-10 times a day as that is what “Yanis” uses to get around.
The cost per day to dock our 15.07-meter boat was 9.50€/day.

Across the street and towards the north are two marine stores. Fuel is available by tanker.
The office that “Yanis” works for is next to the Tourist Information Office on the pier used by the Blue Star Ferry to dock, and near to where the Port Authority is.

Check-in was easy and quick. When a big and/or fast ferry comes in, they create a surge that moves the boats at this wall more than one meter in and out. This put a real strain on your lines and hardware, so I suggest you install rubber snubbers or the equivalent on your stern lines.

Note that the EagleRay Port Guide says that there are areas of the harbor where your anchor may not hold, so test before committing to the med moor. It appears that those boats that have their anchor extremely taut experience the most problems when the surge occurs.

If one comes in at night and does not use the dockhand to help moor, expect to pay the 15€ dock fee in the morning. On one occasion, I observed a sailboat come in at night, and then in the morning his neighbor to starboard got underway and his anchor was fouled by the sailboat.

The dockhand made the sailboat depart the dock to untangle the chain, and then moved him to another place on the wall. The sailboat was charged 30€. I understand from third party people that they complained to the Port Authority and were told to pay the bill or his boat would be “arrested” for failing to pay the bill. He paid. There is a place to anchor upon entrance to the harbor to starboard. If I was arriving late and knew all of the above, I would elect to anchor overnight and make my approach to the wall in the morning.

The big yachts, gulets, and tour boats, moor closer to the city center, south of the wall where the smaller boats med moor. I saw a 52’ cat try to moor there and it was directed to moor at the west wall.

MV LeeZe