Vieste
Philippides III
Chris & Carol Jackson
Sun 7 Jun 2009 13:36
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We actually had a sail yesterday, we left Bisceglie
in light airs which freshened as the day wore on and we sailed most of the way
with a following wind, reaching 8 knots under genoa alone, as we reached Vieste
Mr Sod paid us another call and the wind increased abruptly to 35 knots!! The
roller reefing system jammed and all hell broke loose!! As usual, Carol was
great and stayed calmly on the helm while I ran around like a whirling dervish
and managed to get the reefing line unjammed and we eventually got the genoa
under control with the aid of the winch, no damage thank God. We tried the
various anchorages which were all hopeless in this wind, so we ended up in the
marina....again! Nice lady from Canada manages this marina, and very well, she
kindly reduced the fees from a horrendous 85 euros a night to a still painful
50. Our reqard was a quiet night, blissful Sunday spent washing P3 and a few
hours on the excellent wi fi at a reasonable 2.5 euros an hour. Off to Croatia
tomorrow, honestly!!!! Oh patient reader (for there is probably only one
of you!) We will get there. We are having some extremely trying
winds.
Chris
SAT Phone 00881631573629
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