Since our arrival on Friday the staff at the Monte-Real club D Yates have been very helpful in organising the mechanic and also with the translation of things, they also arranged for us to dry out at the fisherman’s slipway, which is where we are now and shall probably be for a couple more days yet whilst we await the parts from the UK. The slip itself is quite steep and the tidal range is small so we have had to put ‘Spam’ stern up the slope and to stop her settling on the rudder tips first we sank a pallet for each side and stood on them until the tide went out, good job the water temperature is quite pleasant, unlike the water quality, well it is the fisherman’s quay after all.
The mechanic has done a magnificent job of replacing the yoke pins, so I do not anticipate ever having any more problems with them. Better not say ‘ever’ in the foreseeable future is probably best.
David has been struggling with his very tight budget so has decided to get back home and try and earn some more money and find another way of getting to the Caribbean. Anyone fancy a sail! ! ! Room for one.
Sorry everybody for the sudden lack of pictures but my card reader is suddenly playing up and I think I am about to lose all that I have taken so far because its telling me to format the disk. I shall endeavour to take some of them again and post them soon.
The weather is still wall to wall sunshine and hotter than we have had all summer back home, this is more like it.
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