As told in the final post of last year’s blog, I spent nigh on two months in the boutique hotel East Kilbride.
The corollary of which was that on my return to Samos the normal fit out & maintenance on the boat had now to be squeezed into less time and, into the bargain, an insurance condition survey was booked for 23rd March.
There was a fair bit of work to be completed before that.
I did have some help, at least in the short term, before the “Delivery Skipper ” was off on a mission to Evia ………….
bilges cleaned & painted
new thru hull
checking keel bolts in good nick
painting gas locker
installed ” better” Volvo Penta shaft seal
installed new deck clutch
All the above plus the normal annual maintenance – far too much to bore the blog with.
In the end however Camira was ready for her survey on the 23rd March.
final preparation – polished & antifouled
Kalliopi , a highly qualified naval architect and engineer, came from Leros with her husband Manolis (who helped with the electrical part) to carry out the survey.
Camira passed with only the couple of expected issues, namely:
Our windows are desperately in need of replacing but as this was a cosmetic issue no formal recommendations included in the survey. She did suggest we might consider having our rigging inspected as it is now over 10 years old.
Overall she loved the boat & praised it’s condition which she attributed to me being noikokýris – a good housekeeper.
They were a lovely couple, and Kalliopi insisted we call her to meet up if we got to Leros during the summer. We will be sure to do that.
So we are now ready to go back in the water and set sail in April for this season’s adventures.
Perhaps our last in beautiful Greece ?
