The last week has flown by. The topsides are finished and we moved into the locked long-term storage area here Wednesday and spent our first night on Spiip. Yesterday was completely manic trying to get all the last minute things done before leaving Irony for 6 months or more. Our farewell to her was dramatic…I arrived back from the laundry to find a man releasing the guard dogs! I had to get the handler to bring them out again and lock them in their cages. He wasn’t very happy having to wait around for us to finish our last jobs. Irony is going to be shrink-wrapped for protection but not until the weekend. We will look forward to seeing the photographs. We also decided to leave her with air conditioning so that we don’t arrive back to a moldy boat.
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.
29 April 2011 | Anna Sim (anna att annasim dott com)
I am crying and smiling at the same time on your posting and the excitement of the next adventure on Spiip. IRONY will be waiting for you all shiny and new! LOVE to you Both!!! xoxo