comings and goings...

Two Drifters, going to be lifted. 

 It's been an emotional week for us guys.  Firstly Sanny arrived home last Friday, it's great to have her back I don't think I'm built to be a bachelor boy.  Unfortunately she came back with a stinking cold and chest infection which with a chest like that it takes some shifting.  Never the less I'm really pleased she's home and I dashed out to get the appropriate drugs to fight the infection at the earliest opportunity.

Smitten moving to pastures new

Secondly, there have been many people gone this week with it being the end of the winter season and the commensurate price hike which goes with summer season.  Our pontoon has lost Bagpuss, Smitten and Two Drifters this week but we have gained Two Choices (Lou & Pete) who are back afloat after their major works over winter.  Bye bye and welcome in equal measures.

When you pay this much for a boat the engines should work!

Fergus and Nev on Two Drifters, set off yesterday just down the yard to be lifted in order to get some work done underneath so I thought I would go and watch the lifting of a big catamaran which I have never witnessed before.  When I got to the other end of the yard there is a huge multi million euro motor yacht in the travel lift not going anywhere quick.  She looked immaculate and very posh but it seems they couldn't get the engines to work and so she couldn't drive out of the lift.  With all that money you'd think the bloody thing would actually move!  Anyway after an hour and a half Fergus had to moor up at the fuel pontoon and got pulled out this morning.  I've pinched the pictures  from his Facebook site.

When drifters become Lifters.

San and I have been busy getting our boat looking pretty again.  Washing and polishing the hull, to do so we had to winch her about five feet to starboard so the dingy would go around the port side and we could clean her relatively easily.  She's looking better now though and that's probably the worst job now out of the way but the decks will have to wait until later this month when we take down the winter cockpit tent and we can get at things better.

 Tonight we are going over to Palairos to indulge ourselves with an Indian now that Salim is finally back from his pilgrimage to his homeland, boy, am I looking forward to that!

Tiny Lesanda with her hull nicely polished.

Just finally we would like to wish everyone in the UK a happy Easter and to all our winter buddies who have now left we hope they have a great and safe summer out on the water.