Sanding the hull
A year afloat: to the Caribbean and back
Sam and Alex Fortescue
Sat 7 Aug 2010 22:15
In fact, in the last week Alex and I have been performing all those roles. So if hot water starts pouring out of the mast or the watermaker begins to flash, at least we'll know who to blame. Below, Alex is pictured in her best texhnician's whites, sanding down the hull on the quay with the rolling green of Devon in the background - very nautical.
What with moving out of the flat in London and doing up Summer Song, it's been a gloriously busy fortnight. She gets lowered into the water on Monday and we'll be heading for Ushant by the middle of the week. Then we're aiming for south Brittany for a couple of weeks relaxing in the Morbihan before inching south and around the fringes of Biscay via La Rochelle and the Basque coast. We've got more than three months to arrive in Gran Canaria, so we're not setting a blistering pace. But I suspect we'll soon adjust to life at 5 miles per hour. In the meantime please stay in touch at sam {CHANGE TO AT} samfortescue {DOT} co {DOT} uk
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