Cam & Tom's Sailing Blog

Season 4, already back on dry land

My mother-in-law said to us recently, “You’re having a bit of a bumpy start to the season aren’t you”. She’s not wrong, and this week it got even more interesting. Last Friday we finally collected the...

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Fri 25 May – Last day at work!

Today was the day, my last day at Schibsted! In the months leading up to today I’d been imagining how I’d feel when I woke up. Hugely excited most likely! I got up and went for a shower. The weather was sunny but...

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Thu 24 May

Today was a day with not a lot of boat jobs, or one massive boat job, depending on how you look at it. Our friends were planning to buy a boat and I went to join them as they got the survey done. We drove about an hour...

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Wed 23 May

Today started really slow. After saying goodbye to our neighbours (they headed off to Mallorca this morning) my plan was to continue working on the chartplotter, and secretly I was hopeful I’d be able to finish...

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Tue 22 May

Today was the first day where I had my old life back – well the life I had between leaving my job and becoming a boat yardie. Camilla headed off to work (only 4 days left to go!) and I joined our good friend...

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BarcelonaCaptain's LogSpain

Mon 21 May

We had a lovely weekend with my Dad and Sue in Barcelona, and today (a public holiday in Spain) we went to meet them for an early breakfast before they flew home to Periana (it’s about an hour north of Malaga in...

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Fri 18 May

After 16 days of around the clock work and the last minute scare over not having mixed the bloody epoxy primer, today Bini finally went back into the water! We got up early and I headed over to the marina whilst Camilla...

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Thu 17 May

I woke up, having had a terrible nights sleep to find Camilla awake already. Seems she’d had the same nightmares as me. We went for breakfast then the first order of duty was to try to get a hold of Seajet; the company...

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Wed 16 May

Hmmm … so I just realised we might have made a massive mistake. Today was the day we wanted to get the boat moved so we could paint the five patches that were underneath the supports that Bon Bini sits in. I went to the...

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BarcelonaCaptain's LogSpain

Tue 15 May

Today we wanted to get all the painting finished, which meant an early start and me helping get the first coat of primer on before work. Dressed in grubby painting clothes we headed down for breakfast, trying to ignore...

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BarcelonaCaptain's LogSpain

Mon 14 May

We’re getting close! Today we put on the second layer of primer in the morning, and the third came on late in the evening. Tomorrow morning the last coat of primer comes on, and then hopefully 2 more layers of...

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BarcelonaCaptain's LogSpain

Sun 13 May

No rest for the wicked. Actually, thankfully today there was because try as we might, they wouldn’t let us into the yard to start the painting (which was actually a bit of a relief!). They’re closed on a...

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BarcelonaCaptain's LogSpain

Sat 12 May

We were up at sparrow fart to get going with primer coat #2. When I woke up, still feeling pretty rough I wasn’t sure this was a good idea. The thought of poor Tom having to face this alone though was enough to get me...

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