Since yesterday I am Strohwitwe. Dietmar is in Germany, in order to test the- participate and Einstellfahrten for the 24-hour race in May. Actually a great reason, enough to go to Germany, one would think. If only the weather would not…..Dietmar been around for over a week followed very critical and the weather was a Sunday night clear: Eigentlich wollte er lieber hier in der Sonne bleiben 🙂

So he tried by all means, to miss his flight. After breakfast, we wanted to see together yet, should be set as a pretty big catamaran of two cranes back into the water again. We have always found it exciting, if our SUMMER was lifted with the travel lift out of the water. In a much larger boat but this is again a very different number.

Since the end of last week, there were two large cranes at the shipyard and Monday morning around ten-thirty we went finally start.

In principle, easily, just like our SUMMER, only slightly larger. When the catamaran in the wide straps hung, had to cancel with anti-fouling poor owners and the posts, he could not reach before because of the support. Da hätte ich aber nicht mit ihm tauschen wollen 🙂

A short time later the show was already over and the catamaran swam again.

We had still all the time because Dietmars flight was only just three clock. Really? For safety's sake, I looked again in the documents. About 14.20 Clock was the departure! This plan was thus not risen. Punctually at a quarter to one we started to airport.

Dietmar's last attempt to thwart his trip it was, to leave his cell phone just lie on the boat. Without a cell phone, he could hardly fly to Germany. But by my annoying questions the lack of essential phone fell on before leaving the parking lot. Was also here, keine Chance 🙂

Gegen ein Uhr erreichten wir dann wie geplant den Flughafen und entließ Dietmar in sein hartes Schicksal ins kalte Deutschland zurück zu kehren 🙂 Ich flitzte mit meinem kleinen Micra zurück zum Hafen und nutzte den angefangenen Nachmittag, to wash some laundry. Such a machine on board and a second ran with our work clothes in the Marina Building. A little later, everything hung out to dry on the clothesline on the deck of our SUMMER in the sun. Meanwhile, I took the time to plan my Strohwitwen-time. Die vier Tage wollte ich sehr vielfältig nutzen 🙂

Our web neighbors Patrick and Peter for the evening I had been invited by the SY Aponia to eat. Das war doch schon mal ein netter Start 🙂