We've been sat here in Gijon
Longer than when I had to replace a rotten stem and fix a
hole in one of the bows.
Longer than when I had to replace the engine mounts (and, of
course, wait for them to be delivered).
Longer than when we had to wait for an exhaust part so we
could stop ourselves from (technically) sinking every time we ran the port
engine. Okay, it would have taken us a very long time to sink at the rate the
water was squirting in (weeks maybe) but we would end the day with more water
inside the boat than we started with - that's sinking.
I digress (of course)...
It is very important around here to keep a close eye on the
predicted weather and, as ever, we will almost definitely be moving outside of
the recognised season for such things, which will increase the need for
caution. We also have children aboard. It's an old boat, even if it doesn't
start sinking (again - I must stress - very slowly, glacial slowly, continental
drift slowly) every time we start the
engines.
So we won't move until the weather is right. A bit warmer
wouldn't hurt either.
When we do go it will be a bit more of an adventure because,
for a while at least, we'll be sailing where few cruising sailors go and trying
to squeeze our fat old catamaran into harbours which are a little less visited.
I would say that I'm looking forward to seeing the Guggenheim in Bilbao
The French coastline between the Spanish border and Bordeaux
