We turned up at the boatyard early Friday morning to see Tumi splashed back into the water at high tide to be greeted by the owner with a "welcome back, here's your bill" opener. Not a great start but we soon forgot it as we maneuvered the boat into a berth. It was pretty windy but warm and dry so we spent the day collecting the sails, re provisioning, unpacking and cleaning. By evening we had restored some semblance of order and Tumi looked to have survived her summer season pretty well.
Where we are berthed in the marina is pretty exposed and for the last 48 hours it has been very windy, too windy to refit the sails with the consequent clunking of lines inside the mast night and day. Add in the small waves slapping against the hull 12 hours a day, then getting a good night's sleep hasn't been an option! It's meant to be dying down from tonight so we're hoping we will sleep a lot better tonight.
We've soon slotted back into the social scene : There's another British yacht in the marina, one we have seen various times before but never met the owners. Well it's safe to say we all put that right yesterday with morning coffee and evening drinks. Today is lunch aboard an American yacht who were kind enough to feed us back in May as well. And then sleep .......
Tomorrow we'll get the sails back on, inflate the dinghy and get ready to leave on Tuesday when we plan to head up to Deltaville. We'll have to keep a careful eye on the weather as there is a big storm forecast for the end of the week and we need to make sure we find a well - protected anchorage in good time.