Fw: Storyteller in Malta
Storyteller
Tue 24 Apr 2007 06:15
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We arrived in Malta to find we were booked int a
hotel that made Fawlty Towers seem like the Ritz.Unfortunately it was prepaid,
but it was only a short walk from the boatyard where Storyteller was up on the
hard.It's been fun catching up with our Malta friends and not so much fun doing
the hundreds of tasks that need to be done to get ready for the season. Having
spent a couple of days scrubbiing off the winter's dust we experienced the
infamous gregale, a horrid north east gale which made the boat dirtier than it
had been before. Luckily we were in a pretty protected part of the
marina,although as you walked down the dock it moved so much that you felt that
you must be drunk.There was no way anyone could go up the mast. We were just
lucky that we went back into the water before it struck, since the yard came to
a standstill.
Putting the boat back in the water was reasonably
uneventful, although the travel lift knocked the top off our Iridium phone
aerial. Not sure who's going to pay for that! There's still some new
equipment to be installed but with a good weather forecast we hope to be on our
way to Sicily on Thursday.I've replanted my herb garden which a friend minded
over the winter, so we will have good supplies of fresh basil, rosemary and
mint. The garden shops are full of seedlings and there's a delicious smell
of stocks in the air. It's time to get cruising!
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