Mike is due to arrive tonight at some ungodly hour - his flight gets in at 11.45pm!!!! Needless to say Peter will be the only one up to meet and greet him and I expect a few beers will still be consumed. The plan is to head off to La Gomera and maybe onto La Palma with him.
Managed to do the weekly wash today despite winds in the marina over 20 knots still. Had a narrow escape when the dinghy bag blew overboard but fortunately Peter dived in and rescued it just before it started drifting out to sea! The poor old dinghy has spent the last couple of days getting patches replaced as it was starting to lose air in one side. the test is tonight when it will get inflated again and examined in the morning to see if it is still hard!!
Have met another World ARC boat here in the Marina - Juba a Bavaria 44 owned by a German couple Bergen and Uwe. Bergen spent some time chatting to us yesterday and seems good fun.
We have met a really kind guy called Rob from Newcastle originally who lives nearby in Los Abrigos which is where there is a good chandlery. He very kindly spent yesterday afternoon driving Peter around the island getting all sorts of spares and a full gas bottle as well!
The replacement crew for Mick has been narrowed down to Jack or Rob (a coincidence as not the Rob above). Rob sounds good as he posted an Ad on the WCC forum and has sailed all his life and is being made redundant end Oct with new job not starting until Feb 2012. Also he is aged 42 which is quite close to Brent so they should get on (oh and he has also worked in the States!!). he has told us he can be with us 30 Oct which although later than we originally planned Peter has looked at the long range weather forecast and we may not be able to leave until then in any event.
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