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The day we are leaving G: Today was a day of
meetings, meetings and more meetings. Can't say I was present in mind as much
as in body but it didn't seem to bother anybody. We ended the day with some
drinks in the boatclub to say bye to a number of our friends and shake of the
work atmosphere a bit before packing up for the airport. Annemarie dropped us
at Seeb and of we were.... The Oman Air flight to E: Arrival in G: She is wonderful!!!
Today of course I met Lily Rose for the first time. She is elegant,
excellently maintained, totally colour coordinated (I can really relate to
that of course) and unbelievably spacy! It will be awsome to sail her home to
All the flying was done
according to the timeschedules and we arrived at Meeting John Carr was
another of those events that starts of something that you carry with you the
rest of your life. John has owned the Lily Rose for the last 15 years and
loves her to bits (you can see similar signes when you talk to Erik already)
and just sitting in and listening to the two of them talk boats and sailing
is a pleasure in its own, even though usually these things go with one or
more glasses (or even bottles) of wine. We had a relaxing end of the day
sitting in the cockpit, enjoying the view of the lighted office buildings in
the skyline of E: boat papers, charts, checks and instruction, sewing machine, insurance, customs and VAT.... Victualling and Boat preparation G: The day started off
okay... apart from a few 'minor' glitches. Sleeping at the boat is extremely
comfy: there are so many different spots that choosing one that you like
takes some consideration. Breakfast in the cockpit, with the early morning
sun on your face and the soft noise of the water and awakening harbour sounds
is wonderful. John Carr showed us where the Supermarket was yesterday and we had our first serious visit there this morning. We needed practically anything from dishwashing brush to buckets, from plastic boxes to toiletpaper, from pepper and salt to tea towels. This meant we didn't get anywhere near the bottom of the first list (and there were many more to come as we went along during this week). We also visited the 2 chandlers that are straight across the road from the marina. We were introduced by John to both and opened an account such that it would be easy to get bits and bobs as we were organising ourselves (read: as Erik is organising ourselves.....). Looks like keeping to our timeschedule is going to be hard work... But at the end of the day having a glass of white wine in the cockpit takes a way a lot of the stress and hassle! In John we found a companion and an extremely helpfull and knowledgeable person. But the best thing is he likes wine in the cockpit as well and I'm sure that before we leave we will have many pleasant hours like that more. E: hulpje van zwarte boek: more from chandlers - sailing materials, lampje, Log, GPS, liferaft, 12volts aansluitingen, faxrol-waeather fax, greases, pumps pumps and more pumps... , stationary, More Boat preparation G: After a very long and
hard day we ended up at the cafe Fish yesterday evening.... A very modern
looking cafe and restaurant place in the harbour with a view of the sailing
boats. Great fish menu and friendly staff. We didn't do it much justice with
our dirty shirts and baggy trousers, but we did try some of the local white
wine (note: 'some' leaves the no of bottles in the middle...). We have had
several different ones in the last few days and are starting to appreciate
them. We will have to investigate if we really want to store properly before
we go, you know. The plan is still to leave tomorrow evening even though the
amount of boat familiarisation will be minimal. We have got the phone now but after connection it didn't work. It does everything, but we are not registered as customers from the local satellite service IOR (indian ocean region). Tomorrow another angry phone call.... Erik is getting very good at that. E: We are leaving!!!! but not really. G: Another evening at cafe Fish last night.... They are starting to recognize us and all know we are planning to leave today. Customs has come and checked all the VAT return invoices. Last bits and pieces are being replaced on pumps, generators etc. We forgot about the extra waterjugs until today so they were organised, and now it is just a matter of filling the tanks up and go (water AND diesel). But things turn out not to be that simple. The clearing of the boat and ourselves from Customs can't be done in a day. All the paperwork will be finalised tomorrow and we are staying another day! Final departure planned on Saturday now..... The boat looks fabulous now, after a number of days of total chaos on board. Everything is cleared and stowed and it finally looks organised enough to sail! E: We are leaving!!!! But not really. Again. G: Can you believe
this?!?!?!? Customs just are not available on Saturday,
where as the whole deal was discussed yesterday and agreed! We cannot leave
the harbour today because there is no one at the office. It does give us an
opportunity to spend some more time with the boat before we sail (as in bilge
pump, autopilot, generator, main engine, antennas etc). It does mean that all
the fresh food we bought will also have to be eaten. We had an enjoyable day
as usual as the weather is fine, and we don't seem to get in eachothers hair
yet. Yet. As long as whoever gets up first makes a cup of coffee (for me) and
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