Back in the water and important info!
Salsa af Stavsnas
Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Sat 5 Jul 2014 03:56
| Salsa is floating! She is in mint condition. The hull looks as new. Blue Water Marine Services has done a fabulous job and Pacific Coast Marine has got our new autopilot in place, realigned the engine, got ball bearings on the propeller shaft etc. Sorry about showing pictures from Salsa going into the waters again (last time in Panama) but it is always exciting: It is very cold here now, our heater is on all night. First night we stayed in Craig and Verenas house (they moved to their boat), and they had a welcoming dinner. We were very tired of course but it felt good to be back. Our trip home has been an amazing journey with lots and lots of great dinners and get togethers and now it feels good to be on our own again. The jetlag has been crude, the kids waking up at 3.30 in the morning being hungy and asking for food... I tried to keep the red lights on in the saloon so we could go back to sleep, but it did not work... Erika had her birthday on a flight and it did not make any difference, the crew did not care, but now she is happy using her presents she got back home and underway. One of them being a 1000 piece puzzle. Our goal now is to be ship shape by friday this coming week. We had our first "monday meeting" today (saturday) and we decided to get going efficient to be done so we can leave this cold weather. This means that we might have to wait after friday but at least we are ready for a window. First stop Tonga, hopefully Hapaai. We have a new satellite number, pls note those that are concerned. +870773152528 Also use our Salsa mail from now on, the only one we will download from satellite. PHONE NUMBER IN NZ +64 (0)21 154 3909 Salsa af Stavsnäs Visiting Adress Whitianga Marina, Dundas Street, Whitianga New Zealand Postal address PO Box 66, Whitianga 3542 New Zealand Callsign SLOR Sattelite number +870773152528 Our loggbook will be updated through satellite on http://blog.mailasail.com/salsa |