We hauled out Nov. 14 to begin a major refit. New standing rigging and a motor overhaul are at the top of a list that also includes an assortment of smaller jobs that can only be done (or are more easily done) when the boat is out of the water.
We are being well looked after by C.S. Nautica, a family-owned shipyard in Olbia. The rigging is being done by Nathan and Mauro of RiggSail, also Olbia.
The weather has been conspiring against us. There have been two major storms which has work behind schedule. The latest storm – Cyclone Cleopatra – caused widespread flooding in the Olbia area. A total of 17 people died in Sardinia as a result of the storm. More than 450 mm of rain (six months worth) fell in four hours. Half of all homes and businesses in Olbia suffered some damage.
Fortunately all was fine at the shipyard and in Porto Rotondo where I am staying on Kairos, a wonderful Comfortina owned by friends Frieder and Hanne.
Others were not as fortunate: the operations manager at the yard was under 1.5 m of water and mud in his apartment and his car was washed away. The person slated to do welding work on our railings had his entire workshop destroyed. The crane operator who took the masts down lost his house and shop. His crane didn’t suffer any damage and he still managed to come on Friday, four days after the devastation. The people here have a strong spirit.
The outlook for the next 10 days is cool but dry. Hopefully we can make up lost ground and still meet the schedule of being back in the water before the yard closes for its Christmas break.
What a story. Sometimes it is advantageous to be in the water already, it seems. At least if you are in port…
Send pictures of where the water flowed please. I am curious about whether the damaged places were more in harm’s way or just unlucky.
Take care Bill,
Thom
Good luck with your next part of the adventure!!…wow, it all seems very over whelming to me but then you folks are so much younger!!!…it helps!!
Snow here in NS yesterday and today… minus 5 C. this am as I write.
We are looking forward to Xmas…just around the corner.where will you be spending it?
Take care…Frances
Hallo, Ihr Lieben!
Heilig Abend ist da! Endlich…… und nun sind Walter und ich hier, in unserem warmen Wohnzimmer und denken daran wie es früher war. Wir gingen zur Kirche oder zum Konzert und danach feierten wir mit meinem Bruder und seiner Familie entweder bei uns oder bei ihm. Da war ein geschmückter Tannenbaum mit Lametta, Strohsternen und glänzenden Lichtern. Unterm Baum, zahllose, bunt eingewickelte Geschenke……der Klang von Weihnachtsliedern auf Deutsch und auf Englisch im Radio oder gesungen…….ein loderndes Feuer im Kamin, das Leuchten der Kerzen, das Strahlen der Kinderaugen. “Wann können wir die Geschenke aufmachen?”
Und nun gehen unsere Gedanken zu all unseren lieben Freunden fern und nah. Wir wünschen Euch Freude, Gesundheit und Zufriedenheit heute und im Neuen Jahr. Euer Walter und Ingrid
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