Difference between a ship and a boat

Sunday 12 July

One explanation for the difference between a ship and a boat is that:

you can put a boat on a ship but you cannot put a ship on a boat.

I decided to Google the difference and then to stick with the one I have just given although quite liked this one too:

when a ship sinks you get in a boat, when a boat sinks you get in the water.

              

We have spent the last three weeks at home enjoying the garden and the English summer and catching up with family and friends and avidly watching the course of the ship which is supposed to be taking Sequel back to the Netherlands.

To start with we were following the wrong boat! But only because the shipping agents had told us the wrong name and now we are getting very close to a shipping date we are (almost) sure we are tracking the right one.  For anyone remotely interested the website is www.vesselfinder.com and the name of the ship is Atlantic IMO number 9573634 - today the Atlantic is on its way from Lavrion in Greece to Istanbul. The itinerary of the ship is ironically to then sail to Corfu and finally, by Saturday 18 July, to Split. We are a little perplexed as to why it was not suggested to us that we could take Sequel to either Laviron or Corfu and slightly annoyed that we have taken her all the way to Split.  At the same time we are pleased that we did get to Croatia on Sequel and that we have visited Dubrovnik, Korcula and we still plan to visit Split and Trogir.  

We go back to Split, therefore, on Thursday 16 and plan to return Sequel to the water until we are instructed what to do next.  We have an email that says we can take her alongside the Atlantic on Saturday with a view to possibly loading her some time that day or possibly on the morning of Monday 20 July.  Some things still remain a bit of a mystery such as at what stage do we get off Sequel and what on to? It is making me feel anxious but Bruce appears to be very relaxed.  I am a little suspicious as to how relaxed he is when he sighs loudly in the middle of showering and tells me he is thinking about Croatia!? 

Atlantic

Hope to be able to take more photos of Sequel sitting on the Atlantic later on this week!