Equinox2018

A bit of despair has set in regarding the progress of the boatyard on our jobs, so I have flow to Spain to do some of the work myself and generally make my feelings known to the boatyard boss. So Saturday was just the average day, up at 3:30 am, drive to the airport, fly to Almeria and take a couple of buses to Aguadulce.  Once here I had to track down the deck treatment chemicals that I had sent from the UK to the marina office, before transporting them to the boat.  After all that, I spent a couple of hours putting the first coat on the deck, while crawling around on my hands and knees. Loads of fun. It was a long day and I was quite tired by the time I returned to the hotel. Sunday was a bit easier.  Just another coating deck treatment. Being used to the weather in Britain, I had been concerned that rain would make it impossible to treat the deck, but of course this is southern Spain, it it seldom rains.  Sunday was absolutely gorgeous, and I was questi...

Somewhat belatedly, the conclusion to the years blog. A taxi, 3 buses, an aeroplane, two trains and a lift in a friends car later, we are home.  We had booked the flights from where we thought we would be, rather than where we actually were, hence the convoluted journey. Now back to the grindstone! Distance covered today 0   nautical miles Trip distance covered 1616   nautical miles Distance covered 2018 2336   nautical miles Steve (and Tricia)

We were breakfasted and ready at 8.00am as Ginis, the boat yard boss, had said he would come to the boat “first thing”. We’re not sure if it was our misunderstanding or a different interpretation of the phrase but, when he hadn’t arrived by 10.00, we went to find him. We’ve been aware of the ease with which things can be misinterpreted in translation, then there’s also the cultural differences in timings of the day. Finally, he came late morning and I think was surprised at our extensive list of work needed on the boat. We wanted to show him everything so he could better understand the job list, which he appreciated. He understood we were frustrated, to say the least, at the delay in getting the boat out of the water, but, hopefully his efforts will speed things up. It’s not ideal, us not being there to see Equinox settled on the hard, but we have no choice. We have to leave her in their, hopefully, capable hands. Meanwhile the guy came to measure for canvas deck covers to be m...