We are currently visiting family and friends in London and Ibiza. We fly back to Trinidad on 10th October to rejoin Irony.
From May to September 2011 we were sailing on Spiip from Trindad to the Society Islands in French Polynesia. To see pictures and read about our adventures visit: http://sojournonspiip.blogspot.com
Irony all wrapped-up for her summer sleep!
13 May 2011 | Vivian (anotherview att live dott nl)It’s a strange feeling to be leaving our home for such a long time. In the 9 years we have been on Irony the longest we’ve abandoned her for is just over 3 weeks. Be good Irony.
Another week and until today it seemed to be “one step forward, six steps backwards”. Some bubbles in the paint on the port side ended up with that whole side of the boat being sanded back (beyond our last paint job and into the original paint). Yesterday we were back to a coat of grey primer and feeling, with Easter on the horizon, that we would never get finished. Today they sprayed the area beige again, peeled off all the plastic that has encased us for the last two weeks and we began to see the final result emerge. There’s still some detailing to do but we now have an incredibly shiny boat and a new colour scheme!
We’ve also had various pieces of floor, the chart table and the saloon table off the boat to be varnished and they arrived back today looking fabulous. Nic’s spent the afternoon re-installing them and we’re getting back to some semblance of a home again.
Spiip arrived on Monday and we helped with their haulout on Wednesday morning. They are now our neighbours on the hard. We’re hoping to be able to set off by Friday next week.
23 April 2011 | Tricia (ketchlazybones att hotmail dott com)
