We have just spent a pleasant few days with Jenny and Bill who arrived on time Friday afternoon. After settling into their new home we set sail on Saturday to visit La Gomera and the pretty Marina in San Sebastian. Unfortunately there was very little wind and we ended up motoring all the way from Tenerife!!Saturday night in the Marina was VERY noisy as it was Fiesta time and loud music played until 3 am Sunday morning making sleep impossible for me at least. Everyone else managed to get some kip. The good news is that Sunday night was quiet. The Marina in San Sebastian does suffer from swell and surge as they have two ferries going in and out most of the time. This means the boat is dancing all the time! You do get used to it eventually. The trip back to Tenerife was a little better than going as we did get enough wind to sail which was nice for Jenny and Bill to feel how the boat sails. Jenny was suffering with a bad back so after 4 nights with us they decided to go to the Hotel Jenny had pre booked from Monday although they were a day late arriving there.
So.......very little maintenance on the boat took place whilst Jenny and Bill were with us so Peter was hard at it yesterday. The good news is he has traced and fixed the engine oil leak so no more oily mess to wipe up after the engine has run. Today he has the floor up to examine the diesel tank and make sure everything is in order with no movement. Also on the repair front we have Rick the stainless steel welder from West Yorkshire coming tomorrow to weld the starboard navigation light back after it came loose following the fight with the spinnaker line coming down from England!! We all met Rick on Monday night as he came to the boat to meet Peter. He is a very down to earth with a broad West Yorkshire accent! We will probably ask him to quote for replacing the stainless steel plate behind the anchor as we never got around to this whilst we were at Hamble.
We are now back in our berth at San Miguel Marina where the weather has changed and is cloudy and overcast today. Still warm at 28 degrees C but no blue sky. Th weather forecast is for strong winds Thursday to Saturday so we will probably stay put until Saturday then sail up to the Bay of Abona on the East coast of Tenerife about 12 miles away and anchor there for a few days until Mike arrives on 15 October. It will be cheaper for us as the Marina is expensive by Canarian standards!
In the meantime we have a good marina berth overlooking the golf course and open sea so we have a pleasant view each evening and usually some hot sunshine in the cockpit. Another smaller boat has moved in alongside us with an English skipper again called Peter and his Peruvian wife Martha. The boat on the other side of us across the pontoon is Belgium but the crew fly back Saturday so maybe it will be empty afterwards?
We have discovered the Oyster Serendipity is based here in the Marina and we did meet the owner David whilst in Hamble so he is known to us already as another World ARC boat! He plans to leave in about 9 days time for the Cape Verde Islands.
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