{"id":661,"date":"2013-09-10T17:37:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T17:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yachtadina.co.uk\/?p=661"},"modified":"2015-06-30T09:24:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T07:24:17","slug":"spending-time-in-gibraltar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yachtadina.co.uk\/?p=661","title":{"rendered":"Spending time in Gibraltar"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tracker hasn\u2019t moved in a while! That\u2019s because we\u2019ve downed tools for a break. Actually, it\u2019s a break from sailing but we\u2019re working with lots of tools getting Adina ready for her sail down to the Canaries. After our trip along North Africa she had accumulated a lot of dirt so a deep clean has been needed (lines, blocks, lazerettes etc. etc.). A few snags here and there (like water in the engine!), and we\u2019ve been installing our new towable water generator. A towable water generator you ask?? Well, it\u2019s a propeller that sits on a long line in the water, which when it spins sends energy up the line and charges our batteries on long passages. One new toy to test.<\/p>\n

Susie\u2019s parents have also been to visit so in between them helping us with jobs we\u2019ve been sight-seeing. And we have two other ARC (Atlantic Rally Crossing) boats in the same marina doing the same Atlantic crossing in November, and they are all super people!<\/p>\n

\"Susie,<\/a>

Susie, Sarah and Donal enjoying drinks<\/p><\/div>\n

Onboard Millport II, a Moody 47, are the lovely Sarah and Donal plus there great fun boys, Ted and Robert. Donal has been a great help as he\u2019s one of those gifted souls who knows everything there is to know about boats. And we are very grateful. Then there is Tim who has a tremendous sense of humour. He owns a Bavaria 47 called George, and all on his own he is preparing his boat before the arrival of his 5 man crew to sail to Las Palmas. We\u2019ve also befriended an Australian called Ian who is retired and enjoying life to the full sailing his boat on his own. And our neighbours with an American chap called Stephen is also wonderfully friendly. It\u2019s funny, we\u2019ve moved so fast and never really had time to meet sailing people so we\u2019re dead happy where we are and now feel we\u2019re settling into the sailing life.<\/p>\n

Just a quick update, more detailed blog to follow.<\/p>\n

Not sure when we are leaving as weather is not playing game – hopefully towards end of next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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