Up at 3 a.m to fly Easyjet to Split. Gatwick heaving with holiday makers even at 4 a.m. but enough staff on duty to get through security in good time and landed a few minutes early at Split airport which is actually nearer to a place called Togir and where we had decided to stay. We had also decided to hire a car and drove straight to the marina to check on Sequel. Sequel absolutely fine if a little warm and the temperature in our cabin up to 34 degrees. Found a small amount of shade down the side of the boat while Bruce changed some of the straps attached to the cover over the main part of the boat, the straps being a bit like a bungee and most of which had lost their boyingyness. Hard to imagine that he had spent his time at home deciding that this was a job to be done before Sequel sails home to the Netherlands - ended up joining in and have at last (possibly a bit too late now) learned to tie a bowline - but will probably have forgotten anyway if it crops up again.
News of ship not getting any better. Got really excited as we could see on vessel finder that the Atlantic was heading for Split to arrive Thursday afternoon! And then the next time we looked it was heading for a port just outside of Venice. Could not believe it - thought we had missed it. Then calmed down, thought it through and came to the conclusion it would return to Split. And then an email from the agents to say 'it was pretty much set in stone' that the Atlantic would be back in Split by Tueday 21 and we should be alongside by 8 a.m. that morning. Not so good as our flights home booked for that morning and due at the airport at 8 a.m. But along with this email was the name of the main man of Starclass-yacht transport and we were able to contact him direct and have arranged to go alongside the Atlantic sometime on Monday instead. This does mean, disappointingly, that we will not witness Sequel being loaded.
Friday 17
Ventured into Trogir last night for our evening meal and were yet again horrified by the amount of people. It looks like it is probably a lovely old town, set entirely on a small island of its own, but it was hard to tell through the crowds.
Back to the boat shortly after 9 a.m. for a meeting with the Croatian agent who has been organising customs clearance and producing a T2L document (to prove community status) so Sequel can be shipped. There is yet another agent in Rotterdam to clear her back into the Netherlands. And we thought we were all part of one lovely big community.
** So then time for some sightseeing and off we went to Split. Really losing heart to begin with as it all seemed so busy again and so much traffic but finally found somewhere to park, if a bit of a hike from where we hoped to be, but had a lovely time, first a coffee, then a beer and then lunch. My daughter would thoroughly approve of this type of sightseeing.
**slightly lost it when there some mention of washing the boat before our trip to Split - air quite blue
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