Sitting on the dock near the bay..

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Thu 15 Apr 2010 18:53
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 12th ? 15th April.

Had a great flight out on Monday with everything going to plan and no excitement at customs as we had feared. Speedy taxi driver whisked us from Dalaman Airport to Marmaris Yacht marina in record time arriving here around midnight.

Tuesday morning got straight down to the work which was to first wash the heavy deposits of sand and salt that had caked Serafina?s decks and rigging. It seems they have had some big storms over the winter with the sea being driven over the sea wall, across the road, over the marina?s walls and clean over the four rows of yachts before hitting us! No damage done though to our boat and it will just need a lot of repeat washing before we finally get her as clean as we would like. Once we had washed the hull and topsides, Sarah set about wet sanding the hull in preparation for the anti-fouling paint. This is a very messy and tiring two day job which with hindsight we might just have considered paying someone else to do! Mind you we have seen some very poor work being done on other boats, so it pays to be sure about who you get to do the work.

On that subject we were astounded when on Tuesday, Star Upholstery turned up with our new bimini as promised. They have done a fantastic job on this as well as making canvas covers for the inflatable dinghy which were also superb. We have had a look at the gantry which is being made for the stern of Serafina, to house the two solar panels and the wind turbine. It look very smart, but very large too! The plan is for this to be fitted on Friday and Saturday.

Met quite a few old friends already but are deliberately keeping our heads down at the moment until we have got all the work done ready for our launch date which is the 20th April.