We return to “Timeless” in Gozo.

We had just had a very busy time back in Canada and England. We probably should have allowed more time looking back on it – but hindsight is easy.
Ha! We now needed a rest!

• We intended to visit Tunisia and Morocco – places we had often thought about visiting before.
• We were intending to stop over in southern Sicily. We had had a super time in Sicily earlier in the year (Gosh! Was that visit just a few months ago!) and we were excited to see more of it.
• I also had a feeling that we would be seeing Spain again (there is a lot of Spanish coastline towards the end of the route we were thinking of taking).
• Then there was the need to sail the longest sail we had attempted thus far. Practically, we would need to sail at least 600 miles to bypass the Algerian coastline.  You can visit Algeria but visitors are not particularly catered for and the paperwork is horrendous I’m told.
• We were excited that Bob and Cathy from Canada would be joining us again for a few weeks to share these adventures and to assist us with that long sail.

Arriving back at the boat entailed the bus from Malta airport and the ferry ride again.

We couldn’t wait to see the boat and eagerly strained our eyes to catch first sight of it from the ferry.
There it sat.
Serenely waiting for our return.
‘Timeless” is a beautiful looking boat and the striking dark blue hull and stunning white superstructure stands out from the other boats moored in the marina.

We had received an email from the marina manager whilst we were away asking if we would consider selling her. Another sailboat owner had been enquiring after her. We had no interest in selling her but that question does solidify your thoughts about how much fun you are having on your adventures of which she is a key part of course.
“Timeless” takes everything that the weather throws at her in her stride with grace and indifference. Whether at sea, at anchor or in dock she is a beautiful boat to live on.

When we got back to the boat we found that the power had been down for goodness knows how many hours. The marina had allowed the electricity credit card to run out of money! They promised that it had only just happened, hmmm..
However, the boat was spotless and had clearly been regularly cleaned whilst we had been away.

Bob and Cathy arrived at the boat after a short visit to Valletta in Malta.
We just needed to lift things back out onto the deck that had been put away, get provisions, inspect the rigging and such things and then the four of us would be off to southern Sicily.