A quiet night in
Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Sat 10 Oct 2009 12:42
On Thursday morning Sarah took the dolmus into Marmaris to do a load of food
shopping as well as hunting down some of the many other bits and pieces we
need. She returned to the marina in the early afternoon completely exhausted
having carted so much stuff for miles, but had successfully found a 4 step
platform ladder for 28 YTL (about £11) - it will cost more in taxi fares to
get it back!
Demir (the principle company doing some of the work on Serafina) sent round
an engineer this morning to sort out the problem with the breather on the
third fuel tank and together we resolved a solution which he set about
doing. The carpenter appeared in order to complete his work and for good
measure David & Jill for Souris Rose, which was anchored in the bay came
along for a chat and a cup of coffee.
Sarah took the afternoon off, having decided that she was probably very
dehydrated and so for good measure we cancelled the couple who were coming
for drinks in the evening.
Friday saw us get loads of jobs done and a good many people have commented
on the level of care and attention we lavish on Serafina, but apart from
anything else, we are planning on doing something in the region of 7,500
miles or more next year including sailing to Syria, Israel and then later
across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, so it is quite important that
everything is in good shape.
Around 5.00pm a deputation from Demir arrived including John who has been
our main contact with them, Ilham who is the owner of the company and two of
his staff to discuss and plan the alterations to our bimini. Ilhan certainly
seems to have a good eye for these things as well as a very good sense of
humour.
At 6.30pm Trevor and Lesley from 'Kishorn of Ross' came round for a drink
and left around midnight!