Terry has just arrived so the adventure has officially begun, just not on the boat yet.
Armida is now in the shed in the boat yard to have a few things done that the seller needed to complete and a few things that we want to have done to make her safe and reliable for the next two years. I have been here for two weeks getting to know her better, including all the details of her bottm as I scrape and sand for a new coat of anti-fouling. I am learning that a boat is like an old house, there is always something more you want to do.
She had a smooth trip down the 25km from Terherne to Sloten along the Princess Margariet Canal, the main water highway in Friesland, and impressed me with her quietness and responsive handling but I found out that the tricky part is lining up the dock, particularly in the winds that blow in this part of the world. Just as well Reinier, the broker was along to help.
Sloten is a very cute little town; as cute as it is little.
People here are saying that that weather is nice, but they have very different standards from California. In the end the Californians will have to adjust.
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