Thursday 22nd Jan
Thursdays Child
Robin & Joanna Minchin
Thu 22 Jan 2015 21:42
We went and gawped at HELIOS this morning. One of the delivery crew was very friendly and happy to chat as he fixed some fishing stands to the stantions on the stern as he hoped to catch some (10kg+) tuna en route to Martinique, they leave on Saturday and should be there in a fortnight.
As with superyachts, the statistics are eye watering. 45 metres length overall, 5 sets of spreaders, 100 litres of diesel used per hour and 31 tonnes of diesel capacity ~ most of which will be used in the trans-Atlantic crossing ~ as the crew is too inexperienced to sail they will most probably motor across.
History tours and sight seeing tours on hold today as we stumbled upon a bowling alley so the children let off steam.
Harry's third hair cut of the trip, Isabelle still wont let me near hers.
