Hejira not looking too bad so far
OK so it's all at the bottom!
Deb & Brian of Chinook prepare to blast some barnacles
Nice and shiny prop with new anodes!
All ready for the water!
It may only have been 3 days.....but time is relative. Speeds past when we are having fun but felt like a month in the Cantiere, especially as we were sited in the mucky end where everyones rubbish washes down. I am talking of that most important and dreaded time of year for all boat owners. Having the boat lifted for cleaning anti-fouling, new anodes, prop service and whatever else we may find once out of the water.
Bad enough in our lovely clean organised yard in UK with excellent shower facilities. Far worse in the organised chaos that is Marina del Sole Cantiere. In addition we didn't know what to expect after a year in the warm waters of the Mediterranean and a few months sitting in the decidedly mucky waters of the Port of Cagliari.
Every boat owner, particularly liveaboards have an even spread of terror and excitement seeing their boats lifted and wondering what the bottom of their boat will look like.....and is the crane (far smaller than the UK equivalent) and driver up to the job! It may not look pretty but the guys here know their stuff and handled the boat with great care. A damaged sail drive gator was repaired by them with great skill and free of charge even though I believe the lift only further loosened the already poor adhesion.
The yard was a bit quiet over the week-end when we were working. It was grey and spitting with rain often and Full Flight and Roam had just gone back in the water. So it felt a little lonely and miserable in the grime alone! To make matters worse everyone else was being sociable. Saturday evening DP's (drinky poos) where we arrived late after all the food had gone! Then a BBQ on Sunday afternoon whilst we were busy with G3 compound then wax and polishing the port side hull. It's away from the pontoon so the hardest to do from our berth. We finally rolled up exhausted at 5.30pm. I found a couple of roasted veggies and couscous left though Martin was fresh out of sausages or chicken!
There is nothing better than seeing your boat returning to the water. All the grime of the yard was soon hosed off and the last bits of wax and polish soon completed. So much easier working in a clean environment. We are now looking forward to a BBQ on the beach at Pula this week-end to ease us back into summer cruising mode!
2 comments:
sufism: Come, come again, whatever you are.. mevlana, turkey
Come, Come again ! Whatever you are... Whether you are infidel, idolater or fireworshipper. Whether you have broken your vows of repentance a hundred times This is not the gate of despair, This is the gate of hope. Come, come again... Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless. Neither body or soul. Mevlana Jelauddin RUMI
SOME FRIENDS!
You'd think they would leave you some food, knowing how hard you were working to get the floating palace ready for summer. Tsk-tsk.
It's good that you're doing it, not me. I'd have the wrong stuff on the hull and maybe corrode something else. Rowboats are my speed. LOL
Happy sailing and have a terrific summer.
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