We got back from Porto on the Thursday, the wind was still too strong for the crane but at least it looked like the rig was ready to go.
On Friday the mast was rigged and we started to look like a sailing boat again. By mid-afternoon we had all the rigging in place, the rig was tuned and we had sails. Finally!
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| mast being lifted - always a tense time |
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| Looking a bit more like now - just the sails to go |
Saturday we took the boat out into the bay for test sail, lots of tacking, gybing, reefing and unreefing - it all worked perfectly and we now look fit to go. We moored that night in Port St Louis du Rhone literally next door to Port Napoleon but we’d had enough of that place.
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| test sail - ideal conditions and all went well |
Time to celebrate with our friends Megan and Steve who have just sold their boat and are on their way back to Australia soon.
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| Can't complain about this food - what a spread |
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| Steve and Megan have signed contracts and boat sold! |
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| Endurance competition venue in Port St Louis - brought back memories |
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| Horse fix |
Carole's interesting facts:
No ?: The Camargue is a flat, wet, very windy, mosquito-ridden area. I would not be offered a tourist officer job there.
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