A Step Further!
Philippides III
Chris & Carol Jackson
Tue 11 May 2010 10:23
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A frustrating day, the engineer, having not turned
up on Saturday was due today, we waited around until 11 or so and, in
desperation, we rang them, Arthur managed to talk sense with his french, and the
told us the engineer would be with us between 1400 and 1500, Arthur and I sped
off in the dinghy to the port Office and we checked out, only took about an hour
this time! We then hoisted the dinghy and outboard aboard, and readied p3 for
sea. 1500 came and went, at 1600 I asked the office to ring the engineers, they
said he would be with us in half an hour. I paid the Marina for our 12 night
stay, they did a good deal at 30 euros a night, kind of them as their standard
rate was about 75 euros .The engineers finally turned up at about 1715,
nice guys, they got the pump on and p3 running within an hour or so. I then
walked over and found the agency offices to pay the bill, it was up a windy
street, a top floor flat/office, all very mysterious, but duly paid up the 1,900
euros and we left Cagliari at 1900.
All went well for the first 3 hours, we motored out
of the harbour and found our way through the channel and down the east coast,
sailed at a sprightly 8 knots for a while, the wind then dropped, in a second,
the thunderclouds gathered and the Navtex gave out gale warning for the
Sardinian Sea. After some debate, we agreed it was foolhardy to deliberately
sail into a gale when there was a port of refuge at hand, so we went in to Port
Teulada for the night, arriving at 0100 and slept through until 0900. I have
definitely decided that an evening start to a long voyage is a bad idea. It will
not happen again and we are now here for two nights and will leave tomorrow at
the crack of dawn. All well but will we ever get away!! Forecast looks ok for
tomorrow although the whole Med has a Westerly airflow at present.
Chris
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