Getting ready to go again

Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Thu 8 Sep 2011 12:02
36:09.38N  05:21.74W
 
Tuesday 6 to Thursday 8 September 2011
 
Distance Run  3 Miles !
 
 
On Tuesday I managed to contact Seaway Marine in Slovenia who manufacture the rudder bearings for Bavaria Yachts and ordered new top and bottom bearings for delivery to Portugal in a week or so.  This turned out to be much cheaper than ordering from Bavaria Yachts!  We intend to lift the boat again in Portugal to fit them before setting off for the Canaries later next month.
 
We had a wonderful dinner at 'The Landings' Restaurant in Queensway Quay on Tuesday night.  Fine dining at it's best and a very unusual and interesting menu from a Jamaican Rasta chef !
 
We did some more provisioning, bought a replacement battery for the laptop and a new iron (no connection between these) and various other jobs.
 
We left the marina on Thursday and motored around to fill up with duty free diesel at just under £1 a litre.  Then on to the anchorage at La Linea beside the runway for Gibraltar airport.  You could count the rivets on the planes and check the tyre treads!  All very interesting.
 
 
 
Here is Gibraltar when seen on a nice clear day:-
 
 
 
How nice it is to be at anchor again.