Musical fuel berths and tha saga of Sada
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Chris & Lyn Darch
Sat 18 Aug 2007 15:37
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"Musical Fuel berths and the saga of
Sada"
Well folks as you can see by our position we are
just a few miles round the corner in a nice spot which we were told was too
shallow for us ! by the harbour staff nine days ago as it turns out wrong !
This entry starts with a good day out in
Santiago followed by a bout of Rashides revenge ( a middle eastern term for a
dose of the screaming Shits ) it was during one of these events that my phone
fell out of my pocket I was more concerned with my nether regions than my hi Tec
appendages so the phone is probably with some tramp up a side ally sucking on
his meths and speaking to god knows who in cyber space , anyway according to
Lynn my life is run by my phone and chit chat so after recovering from my bottom
event I dug out Lens steam age phone ( pay as you go ) or to put it more in
context pay as you throw money out the window "god dam these phones eat the
money" , after trotting round the phone shops in La Corona trying to get credit
put on the phone " UK orange doesn't speak to Spain Orange" and they cant cancel
the old one plus I cant make a call I have no credit ! bright idea use sat
phone ! I called Dave and Alison who sought out credit cancelled my contract
phone no and text the number thanks guys you saved my life according to
Lynn .
The next day we planned our fuel stop in a
marina down the bottom of La Cornea harbour we dutifully went to see El Capitano
who assured us fuel was available we looked at the berth much better prospect
than the one in central La Cornea which is a small stone wall surrounded by
pontoons alright if you are 30FT also my bum wasn't up to that sought of
stress , left the next morning arrived at the fuel berth to a young Spaniard
shouting No Diesel ! we went alongside I was protesting most vigorously and
gesticulating as much as he was .. "Steve,Carl,Andy and Goeff you
would have been proud of me" went to the office only to be told they ran out
yesterday .. Bollards ...
Back to boat discussed with Lynn our options "SADA"
the place we turned away from nine days age because they said TOO SHALLOW !!!!
so it was the only place left to try , had a great sail with the foresail all
the way down the Ria de Ares " Need a Light Airs Sail " only got 4.5 knots out
of here in 8 to 10 knots of wind probably a cruising chute would do ... any one
who knows were we can get a second hand one let us know ,
arrived at the Marina went to anchor and Z boated in to marina office saw the El
Capitano who rubbish the draft restriction , I didn't go into the fact that one
of his staff said no , so we pulled up alongside for the night with room
under the keel to spare , as advised by the Capitano "come in early
morning ten o'clock nobody will be about , hmm I thought looking at
the dock that evening it was a free for all with motorboats , yachts and
Personnel Water Craft ( Posh name for a git on a Tupperware torpedo ) no
orderly queue just pushy shovy into the dock , as you all know I'm an early bird
so I was alongside at 8 o/c not a Spaniard in sight , at ten past ten the
pump attendant arrived Lens eyes light up when he told her that he was a male
model between jobs , Elton would have taken a second look so I'm told anyway he
spoke very good English so pumping there 600 litre past away quite quickly he
had travelled a lot and worked in London, Milan and Paris but work was thin on
the ground and his girlfriend didn't like him being away so he had come home for
the summer to decide what to do , and yes girls you would have all been
swooning " Hoolio double Glazing eat your hart out" Lynn reckoned it was the
best looking pump attendant she had seen sine Antonio Bandaris who she reckons
smoulders !
Anyway we are off tomorrow after being
fuelled and my bum repaired by lomatoll ,further down the coast , congrats to
Steve and Lexa on there new sea dog O' Mally the photos wont come through
on this site as they filter them out at the server .
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