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| The prop before |
On Tuesday 2nd April we had the boat lifted out for her annual anti foul in preparation for the next stage of our journey.
We were amazed at the amount of growth beneath the waterline. We had swam and dived around the boat late last year and all was fine. However a few months standing still over the winter in the relatively warm waters of Mahon resulted in the growth that you can see in the photographs.
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| under water forest |
The boat is now looking much better and has been re painted and is ready to go.
All appears to be working well and we will re launch on Monday 8th and go out and have a sea trial.
Whilst the boat has been ashore we have been staying and having an excellent time at the White Sands beach club which is situated in a beautiful bay at Arenal d,en Castell in the North of the Island.
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CLEAN PROP &
NEW ANODE |
Coming out early and spending a month here has been proved to be a good idea. We have managed to do a lot of preparation work on the boat at a sensible pace and without any pressure of deadlines etc.. In addition it seems that we have missed some pretty bad weather at home. Here the weather has been good and we have been wearing shorts and T shirts most of the time.
Our next blog should hopefully be from Sardinia, following a 36 to 48 hour passage from Minorca. We hope to arrive n the North of the island and we are looking forward to spending some time in Bonifacio, Corsica and the La Madelaina archipelligo.
Looking forward to hearing from you all,
Wow guys, thats some growth! good job you took her out to clean, that will have slowed you guys down a lot! Have a safe leg of your journey, look forward to the next post.
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