A decision has finally been reached to return Sequel to The Netherlands to be sold. A decision has not yet been reached as to what happens after that and whether we replace her and, if so, with what. It could possibly be the end of our boating era. But who knows - not for nothing have our boats been given names which suggest a certain dithering. And if we do get another boat I already have an appropriate name along those lines.
We have just under three weeks to return across the Aegean before returning to the UK for the late Spring Bank Holiday for 5 days to celebrate a wedding in Bideford, Devon. At the moment we are booked to fly home from Athens and a vague plan is evolving to leave Sequel in a marina close to Athens for a week.
On our return from the UK on 26 May we will sail Sequel to Split in Croatia where she will be put on to a ship which will return her to Rotterdam in The Netherlands.
As the weather has been so good at home we have been busy sorting out the garden yet again before abandoning it and frantically ordering parts for the boat, loo rolls, Oatabix etc, finding the chargers for all the things we can't live without and anything else we can think of that we might not be able to get there. Slightly concerned about Greece leaving the EU while we are there and armed with euros in case ATMs run out of cash and we can't use our credit cards (which has been the case anyway in restaurants where they would rather have cash - small wonder they are in such a mess).
We have sorted out our postal vote and actually a little sorry we are going to miss 'Election Day' - but I am sure we will have our iPads charged so we can catch up with events in the same way we would if we were at home.
As usual Sequel will be out of the water when we arrive and as usual we will have various jobs to do before she goes back in, hopefully, on Wednesday 6th. We have elected to live on the boat despite having to climb up and down a ladder every time we want to leave the boat but it is all part of the 'fun' and we are looking forward to it. The weather is forecast to be somewhat warmer than the UK and 30+ degrees next week so I promise not to complain.
The map below shows the islands of the Dodecanese islands where we are now which are very close to the Turkish mainland. We hope to sail north to Samos initially to meet up with friends from Marmaris Yacht Marina and then to travel west to Mykonos and Athens and then through the Corinth Canal and north through the Ionians to Corfu and then north again to Croatia. Tried to add a map of the Adriatic and Split but have just lost the will to live.
As the weather has been so good at home we have been busy sorting out the garden yet again before abandoning it and frantically ordering parts for the boat, loo rolls, Oatabix etc, finding the chargers for all the things we can't live without and anything else we can think of that we might not be able to get there. Slightly concerned about Greece leaving the EU while we are there and armed with euros in case ATMs run out of cash and we can't use our credit cards (which has been the case anyway in restaurants where they would rather have cash - small wonder they are in such a mess).
We have sorted out our postal vote and actually a little sorry we are going to miss 'Election Day' - but I am sure we will have our iPads charged so we can catch up with events in the same way we would if we were at home.
As usual Sequel will be out of the water when we arrive and as usual we will have various jobs to do before she goes back in, hopefully, on Wednesday 6th. We have elected to live on the boat despite having to climb up and down a ladder every time we want to leave the boat but it is all part of the 'fun' and we are looking forward to it. The weather is forecast to be somewhat warmer than the UK and 30+ degrees next week so I promise not to complain.
The map below shows the islands of the Dodecanese islands where we are now which are very close to the Turkish mainland. We hope to sail north to Samos initially to meet up with friends from Marmaris Yacht Marina and then to travel west to Mykonos and Athens and then through the Corinth Canal and north through the Ionians to Corfu and then north again to Croatia. Tried to add a map of the Adriatic and Split but have just lost the will to live.
Ahoy there sailors, albeit on dry land at the moment. Hope you spent a comfortable night and I expect the mops are out as I type! Hope you will be on the water again very soon.
ReplyDeleteRaining here this morning but sunny now so about to go out in the garden.
I expect I will have a very happy husband when he gets back from Stamford Bridge - sorry Bruce.
With love Sue x
Yay! Blue is the colour!!
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