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Remember the southwesterly systems I mentioned in the last blog?  Right, the last few were proper windy!  Thankfully we are in an excellent marina but unfortunately, our berth had us rather exposed to the waves inside the marina.  The marineros were very diligent and were seen checking all boats and bow lines throughout the night.   It was no surprise that the storm reached it\u2019s peak between 1 am and 3 am.  We had gusts in the marina up to 45 knots and watched trepidatiously as our stern lines creaked and groaned and our windward bow line progressively stretched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a stunning 80 ft swan moored side to on the windward dock right next to us and their professional crew, Jay and I were up most of the night keeping a close eye and adjusting fenders and lines as needed.  The next day, everyone was riding the \u201ctired train\u201d.  We took advantage of our new drop down table and saloon bed to curl up and have a chill movie night introducing the boys to Shrek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On our daily dock walk we walked past one of the stunning mega sailing yachts at the end of our pier and found that one of their lines had pulled the bollard clean out of the concrete.  One can never underestimated the forces generated by heavy boats and windy weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have had some good news and further forward motion this week that is quite promising.   The marina was able to find us an empty spot in a different, more protected berth, at least until Thursday.  The batteries and electrical system are completely finished aside from waiting for the replacement invertor to arrive hopefully today.  The air conditioning system was quickly found to have a very small freon leak and has now been removed and is in their shop getting repaired and after only two days they are installing it as we speak!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quattro invertor has also arrived and is planned to be installed today as soon as the air conditioning is completed. \u00a0\u00a0This marks the completion of all our “big item” to do’s; YAY!\u00a0 Now, we unfortunately have to contend with the weather.\u00a0 We continue to have back to beck Westerly systems.\u00a0 We are now into the season where this is the predominant wind so we have some upwind pounding for 600 nm in our near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In preparation, I have been steadily provisioning the boat on the off chance that we commit to the entire 1200 nm passage in one go.  After numerous bike trips to stock up, I finally realized that the large grocery store has an online ordering and delivery option.   I am looking forward to a big provision delivery but definitely appreciated the regular exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other excitement on the boat has been the work on Halloween costumes.  The boys are thrilled that unlike last year in Turkey, it would seem that Spain actively celebrates.  I haven\u2019t the heart to tell them that we are likely going to be on passage for Halloween, but I have lots of decorations and plans for a fun fiesta on the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fingers crossed we are on our way soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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