Friday 29 March 2019

There seems to be reassuring parallel in the fact that we are not ready to leave Aguadulce on the day that Britain is not ready to leave the EU.  At least there is far less acrimony over our personal situation than there is over the nation’s.  We are both of the opinion that we will go when the boat is ready, but not before. 

In the meantime the work continues. We had the team of riggers working on the boat in the morning, re-splicing the mainsail furling line to the right length and working on the winches.  The wind was still blowing strongly, so still no anti-fouling has been applied. The forecast is that the wind will die down over the weekend and Monday should be quiet (although possibly wet). I did manage to get a first coat of the teak preservative on the deck, so this is all good progress.

Aside from the inevitable hanging around and passing the time, we met with Luis from the chandlers who was updating us on the progress of various orders.  He was more than a little distracted by other matters thought. On Thursday evening, while he was checking on some of the boats he is responsible for, his nearly new Land Rover Discovery managed to roll off the jetty into the marina. Fortunately there was no one in the car, and it did not hit any boats.  He has no idea how it happened, and is now dealing with the insurance company and the recovery of the car from the water.  He says they will lift it with air bags, and then tow it to the crane with a powerful rib.

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
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Steve (and Tricia)