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Haveing planed a trip to Elba for supplies the boat ready i foolishly put my phone on,there was an SMS and missed calls from Stella (swwbo)When i left i was sure we said ill be back around end January wx permitting?
She reminded me of what we said?Im sure woman hear things in another language?As it was i wondering just how id buy a new laptop and where id find £208 + £16p&p?Stella s logic was dont go to Elba and so save about 300€.Of course she had a point
I put the boat back on her place covered her,and made ready to return to a house ( so still, the view never changes)an sms Stella arriveing Toulon tommorow afternoon?OK! Sms sent i went by train to Toulon then by car (Stellas 2cv) to my (our) new yacht
I arrived and sat looking for a while at the new Yacht 9.25mx3m or (30.4x9.10) draft 1.40m (4foot 6inches!)
The wooden cockpit sides doted with black, pealed "varnish" where there had once been,the deck crazed, green and mold, black with pollution, the hull grey with black stripes where traffic pollution rain and hot summers hadnt improved her.At least the price had been affordable
I went aboard the electric heating was doing a good job,id changed the fan for a simple electric "heater" but rather large,i put it out and re connected the small fan heater,the bilge was dry the pump easly keeping it dry
I removed a plate that covered a hole once cut for a chimney put in a stainless tube about 2 1/2inch then my stainless chimney fule about 12inches and bought from a local bricomarché in that i put a super petrol blow lamp id found on a flee market,the burner pointing upwards,This going the small cabin walmed without shore power
I dropped my stern lines brought them aboard brought the anchor in then started the OB got the sails up, the main from a "swan" with the ripped bit cut off the genoa a light one id been given years ago and always served well the rotten halyards changed
The curse of the baltic following me i stopped the OB before i went deaf and broke (petrol at 1.32€ for only ONE liter) the sails drawing in the last of the NW breeze the rain falling i headed for Toulon.
I arrived, the capitanarie reminded me id promised to remove the boat,i said she was my new home,the powers that be looked and said, if i come along to the office theres a christmas drink providing your leaving!! Tomorrow?I asked?? Please!!? NO! you have to remove "that" boat by 17.00!
We drank very good wine although there was a wide choise donated during the year by visiters to the port,there were also "snackes" Smoked salmon on soft bread eggs salad sausage ham!!! A feast!
I left happy and walm to meet Stella when we got back i went at once below to start the heater,NO!!! i wont put one foot aboard and if you light that heater im going back at once!!!!Umm i thought?? I took the blow lamp out put in a wick parafin heater still she wasent pleased
We left cold and damp
Arriveing at Anteibes and tieing up at a borrowed place i began sanding while stella spayed the deck with ruhbarb concentrate(oxalic acid)It improved the deck but not the hull as the run off made it worse
She had sailed realy well far better than a Folkboat though more demanding of presence at the helm than the FB who always looked after me,finding her own way more often than the skipper.
As we were useing a place in port which has economicaly successful i flew my "Blue ensign" for which i have a warent,that i thought would justify my choice of liveaboard
Stella went of to buy surplies reminding me that we would work hard and drink water!Id just fitted a new manual bilge pump.These modern flat bilge bulb keel boats dont have storage space,Stellas reminder of a christmas with water made me think! I put a 20 liter container under the forward berth then lead the pipeing back to the cockpit manual bilge pump!!!I redirected to out put to the cockpit!
I set up the power and my borrowed laptop with qwert imposiable keyboard!!How anyone can use such a keyboard i dont know?You never have the key you think!
Stella reterned,as she arrived so did someone from another pontoon,he shouted at me "how dare you fly that flag"??he went on in very "British working class with authority school French or something he had picked up" Take it down! We said nothing,i stopped working, he said if you dont ill remove it!
I thought Stella wouldent mind if i poured a glass? I took a 5 liter plastic container and two glasses went forward and offered him a drink,i filled the plastic beekers with a very very good Menton Red!
It was very good i drank a centimeter to show just how good and refilled my beeker then again offered him a full one,he turned red and started shouting?He came aboard and went astern barging past me Stella picked up our short boat hook and told him to be polite
So far we had spoken French he went for our "Blue" broke off our flag staff and took it and our blue a real fat bully i told him in very clear English that not only was his attitude un festive but un British!!And demanded him to reten it at once and pay compensation
New rich!!
Not only dident the capitanerie do anything as hes better off than we.i dident get my Blue or staff back nor a penny,bullys rule today.
"I went along to a fellow memeber of our "lot" which can be found there to get a replacement given willingly!
Within the hour i was agian flying the falg!
I asked Stella why she decided to come down?
Today i made christmas dinner haveing sailed into a near bay to anchor we tried to tie up in Nice but the capitanerie came round and told us to leave!!Not before we had collected and bought for the season!
Woman are are unpredictable!!! At 10:05am i had just made a pot of tea poured a mug full hot and good!!(as its the 25th we came in again!!)Stella opened a bottle of champagne poured a glass for me!One hand my tea the other the wine!!
Confusion i drank the tea!Was Stella testing me??She drank hers! I made christmas dinner!! For this the new petrol blowlamp was permited to heat an "oven"Stella made tea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had fitted a new bilge pump thankfully id lead the intake to a 20 liter tank of Red under the forward bearths and the outlet id led into the cockpit!!My beeker full i enjoyed dinner with "water" rather than tea!
Flying our "blue" work in progress we were thrown out "In the morning before 6am)
We spent the evening in the old town.
Merry christmas everyone and a happy new year from economicaly challenged liveabord
She reminded me of what we said?Im sure woman hear things in another language?As it was i wondering just how id buy a new laptop and where id find £208 + £16p&p?Stella s logic was dont go to Elba and so save about 300€.Of course she had a point
I put the boat back on her place covered her,and made ready to return to a house ( so still, the view never changes)an sms Stella arriveing Toulon tommorow afternoon?OK! Sms sent i went by train to Toulon then by car (Stellas 2cv) to my (our) new yacht
I arrived and sat looking for a while at the new Yacht 9.25mx3m or (30.4x9.10) draft 1.40m (4foot 6inches!)
The wooden cockpit sides doted with black, pealed "varnish" where there had once been,the deck crazed, green and mold, black with pollution, the hull grey with black stripes where traffic pollution rain and hot summers hadnt improved her.At least the price had been affordable
I went aboard the electric heating was doing a good job,id changed the fan for a simple electric "heater" but rather large,i put it out and re connected the small fan heater,the bilge was dry the pump easly keeping it dry
I removed a plate that covered a hole once cut for a chimney put in a stainless tube about 2 1/2inch then my stainless chimney fule about 12inches and bought from a local bricomarché in that i put a super petrol blow lamp id found on a flee market,the burner pointing upwards,This going the small cabin walmed without shore power
I dropped my stern lines brought them aboard brought the anchor in then started the OB got the sails up, the main from a "swan" with the ripped bit cut off the genoa a light one id been given years ago and always served well the rotten halyards changed
The curse of the baltic following me i stopped the OB before i went deaf and broke (petrol at 1.32€ for only ONE liter) the sails drawing in the last of the NW breeze the rain falling i headed for Toulon.
I arrived, the capitanarie reminded me id promised to remove the boat,i said she was my new home,the powers that be looked and said, if i come along to the office theres a christmas drink providing your leaving!! Tomorrow?I asked?? Please!!? NO! you have to remove "that" boat by 17.00!
We drank very good wine although there was a wide choise donated during the year by visiters to the port,there were also "snackes" Smoked salmon on soft bread eggs salad sausage ham!!! A feast!
I left happy and walm to meet Stella when we got back i went at once below to start the heater,NO!!! i wont put one foot aboard and if you light that heater im going back at once!!!!Umm i thought?? I took the blow lamp out put in a wick parafin heater still she wasent pleased
We left cold and damp
Arriveing at Anteibes and tieing up at a borrowed place i began sanding while stella spayed the deck with ruhbarb concentrate(oxalic acid)It improved the deck but not the hull as the run off made it worse
She had sailed realy well far better than a Folkboat though more demanding of presence at the helm than the FB who always looked after me,finding her own way more often than the skipper.
As we were useing a place in port which has economicaly successful i flew my "Blue ensign" for which i have a warent,that i thought would justify my choice of liveaboard
Stella went of to buy surplies reminding me that we would work hard and drink water!Id just fitted a new manual bilge pump.These modern flat bilge bulb keel boats dont have storage space,Stellas reminder of a christmas with water made me think! I put a 20 liter container under the forward berth then lead the pipeing back to the cockpit manual bilge pump!!!I redirected to out put to the cockpit!
I set up the power and my borrowed laptop with qwert imposiable keyboard!!How anyone can use such a keyboard i dont know?You never have the key you think!
Stella reterned,as she arrived so did someone from another pontoon,he shouted at me "how dare you fly that flag"??he went on in very "British working class with authority school French or something he had picked up" Take it down! We said nothing,i stopped working, he said if you dont ill remove it!
I thought Stella wouldent mind if i poured a glass? I took a 5 liter plastic container and two glasses went forward and offered him a drink,i filled the plastic beekers with a very very good Menton Red!
It was very good i drank a centimeter to show just how good and refilled my beeker then again offered him a full one,he turned red and started shouting?He came aboard and went astern barging past me Stella picked up our short boat hook and told him to be polite
So far we had spoken French he went for our "Blue" broke off our flag staff and took it and our blue a real fat bully i told him in very clear English that not only was his attitude un festive but un British!!And demanded him to reten it at once and pay compensation
New rich!!
Not only dident the capitanerie do anything as hes better off than we.i dident get my Blue or staff back nor a penny,bullys rule today.
"I went along to a fellow memeber of our "lot" which can be found there to get a replacement given willingly!
Within the hour i was agian flying the falg!
I asked Stella why she decided to come down?
Today i made christmas dinner haveing sailed into a near bay to anchor we tried to tie up in Nice but the capitanerie came round and told us to leave!!Not before we had collected and bought for the season!
Woman are are unpredictable!!! At 10:05am i had just made a pot of tea poured a mug full hot and good!!(as its the 25th we came in again!!)Stella opened a bottle of champagne poured a glass for me!One hand my tea the other the wine!!
Confusion i drank the tea!Was Stella testing me??She drank hers! I made christmas dinner!! For this the new petrol blowlamp was permited to heat an "oven"Stella made tea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had fitted a new bilge pump thankfully id lead the intake to a 20 liter tank of Red under the forward bearths and the outlet id led into the cockpit!!My beeker full i enjoyed dinner with "water" rather than tea!
Flying our "blue" work in progress we were thrown out "In the morning before 6am)
We spent the evening in the old town.
Merry christmas everyone and a happy new year from economicaly challenged liveabord
