Thursday Update

True Colours
James Scrimshaw
Thu 21 Nov 2013 09:08
Slowly getting to a state of being ready.
 
Last member of the crew arrived yesterday;  Andrej flew in to Gran Canaria from the UK, and joined us at about midday – pretty shattered, he’d been up until after 3.00 am before setting off.
 
Provisioning going well – ordered all the meats from the market – they will be deep frozen and delivered to the boat on Saturday, when they will go in the refridgerator and help to keep things cool for longer.  Veg also ordered from the market, to be delivered tomorrow.  Nadine’s native language proved invaluable in all of this.
 
Than after the routing/weather seminar and some lunch (late) a quick trip to Carrefour.  Three and a half hours later we left will two trolleys stacked full, into the car and back to the marina.  Finally a late dinner at Pier 19 and then bed.  But at least the provisioning is now out of the way.  Stowing it is today’s challenge.
 
Just had the final safety check on the lifejackets – all good so now to clear the remaining jobs.