Friday, September 7, 2012
21 Aug - Arrived back on boat after flight from Geneva via Rome (0400 start – why do we take these early flights?!). Great relief to find everything OK on boat – always some concern with leaving it for a few weeks but couple on next boat had kindly emailed to let me know all seemed fine when they returned to the marina about a week before me. Also found a few boats we knew had come into the marina – Riviera Magic (Brad and Diane) and Blue Chip (Jeremy and Swee) who we knew from Rally Portugal and Festina Lente (Nick, Julia and David) whom we’d met in Lagos where we stayed after the Rally and Nick arrived after a round the world trip. Had several lovely evenings catching up with them and discussing boat issues, future plans, etc. Also got a few jobs done on the boat including a new gps antenna (chartplotter was having great difficulty getting a signal) and a new gearbox dipstick (the old one broke off (it’s plastic) when I checked the oil level – of course at the level of the gearbox casing so I couldn’t get any grip on it to get it out. Fortunately the mechanic in the local engine shop gave me a smart tip – to heat a screw driver so it will melt a slot in the “plug” and then when that’s cooled down just insert the screwdriver again in the new slot and unscrew! Worked a dream. Amazing what one learns. Also fortunately they managed to get a new dipstick by courier from Athens the next day – great service and not expensive. Only major issue on returning to the boat was that the deck caulking, which was already deteriorating badly, has now almost completed melted or dried up and is coming out daily leaving an awful mess. Anyway that’s why we’re going to Yatlift Yard in Bodrum so there is no doubt now that this does need to be fully replaced.
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