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Two weeks in Ibiza

Greetings from Ibiza where the weather is glorious! Actually, it’s not. I think London and Leipzig have seen more sun in the last few weeks than we have in Spain! The latest downpour has just let up leaving...

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Category - Spain

BarcelonaCaptain's LogSpain

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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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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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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BarcelonaBoat JobsSpain

Cleaning a Diesel Spill

A while back – I think it must have been when we were still in The Netherlands – we somehow ended up with a diesel tank too full, resulting in some spillage in our starboard locker. I know, I know … we...

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BarcelonaSpain

Finding our feet in Barcelona

This Sunday marks our first week here in Barcelona, and boy – what a week it was! Hunting for an apartment, starting a new job, walking miles across the town, finding cute little restaurants … all of this in...

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And so it begins …

This was it – our last day living in Amsterdam. I jolted awake 10 minutes before the alarm was supposed to go off, sure I’m hearing burglars trying to find their way in despite the alarm system that we had...

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