The apartment - yeah it's cheap but it's nothing
special let's say. I'll just say the electrics is the main problem really
because I was getting electric shocks when I was cooking so after a
few days I thought it's not good cuz you know that be it, it might be it
I might just die! One bulb in there they've got the energy saver bulb which
is good. We had to wait five days but then they gave us Wi-Fi so we could get
on and do our video editing and also lots of YouTube videos which help the
children with their teaching. All the toilets here are kind of
Arabic style so there's always a hose next to the toilet and yeah Yewan
kind of started trying to use it and then Woody decided to use it one day and it
didn't go down well and I don't really want to describe the aftermath but I've
banned using Tunisian toilets and we've got to use toilet paper. It's
nice to be looking over the boats. We were sort of in the hotel and that was kind
of fun - there was a pool. But it's always nice to see the marina and the boats and our
friends have turned up as well from Malta with their four girls and so we had some
great fun in the last few days and I think the best thing the kids
are excited about is of there's a laser zone here in the marina which is really
cheap cos we're in Tunisia so they went twice yesterday and they're really looking forward once
more again today. So I'm just hoping that's not the only thing they would remember about Tunisia
which is the lazer zone. The last time our son had been able to have any violin
tuition was in Greece with Eileen. She was a lovely lady - she came once a week
and he really really enjoyed the lessons with her. When we got to Tunisia we tried
to find someone and we were helped by a lovely man called Ahmed and he helped us
find a violin school and also a teacher and he even cycled us all the way there
and back again.
We're really grateful to have met Ahmed he's a lovely person and
yeah we're still friends now
The money situation in Tunisia is quite difficult
our bank wouldn't transfer or wouldn't do a bank transfer. The work overall was was
around about 17 thousand dinner and we were restricted to 200 dinars per
transaction per card we couldn't pay by visa either so the only other way was to
draw out the cash from the cash point (ATM) physically and then give it to the yard
manager. The problem with that is you're restricted to about 90 euros per
transaction per card. Every morning I would have to go to the
bank with four cards and draw out the maximum amount. Then one of the cards was
swallowed so that was reduced and we were a bit worried that we
weren't gonna be able to pull out the right amount given the timeframe that we
had. It was a bit worrying cycling around the streets with wads of cash like that
sticking up your back pocket.
There's two schools of thought really when buying a boat once you've got past
the whole catamaran verses monohull debate and that sort of thing - is do
you buy a boat under market value and use the rest of your budget to do it up
and learn about the systems as you go along or do you buy a boat at the going
rate from a good owner knowing that all the systems have been maintained and
upgraded. We opted for the the former - we bought a boat under market value and
held back a fairly substantial budget to do it up. Now that's great you do do the
boat up you do learn about the systems but you have no control of when these
systems break down. It could be at sea it could be coming in to anchor it could be
coming in to a marina you have no control of it whatsoever. So there is a
bit of a risk factor when it comes to opting for that option.
Obviously a surveyor doesn't pick up on everything in just one or even two days
and things start to go wrong once you start using the boat properly. Part of
the reason we went to Tunisia was we could blitz the boat and just solve all
those problems that we knew that the boat had.
Tunisia is probably one of the cheapest if not THE cheapest place in
the Mediterranean to get work like this done to to a good quality. Also working
in a country rather than just visit it as a tourist you get to see a part of
lifestyle and the culture that you would never normally get to see.
The fishing port it's full of fishing boats and it's it's a working port. It's
a dirty grimy place, it's polluted, Health and Safety is not the priority really.
There was a pack of dogs who live in the marina and I was attacked once and
bitten. It's not the type of place you kind of want to take your family to really.
You do kind of see things that are kind of a bit of an eye-opener when you work in
a place like that it isn't up to European standard and on one occasion I
did actually see one of the boards fall out of the cradle which was a bit
disconcerting a few days before you about to put your board back in. The
strops of the crane were were very very grimy and dirty and even though we did
have plastic put on the hull as it was put back in - as you'll see in later
blogs it wasn't enough to protect the gelcoat completely.
* CHAIN - MEASURE OUT LENGTHS
So we're finally measuring out the anchor so we never know how much anchor
we put down really - 5 meter length so we know how much we're putting out. I think
he's worried about getting spray in this yard.
So Woody's very meticulous when he works and I'm a bit more slap dash - and
I kind of just stick the links in basically. Anyway the job will get done.
* METAL 'BULB' KEEL - GRIND BACK AND PAINT *
* HULL - SCRAPE BACK AND ANTIFOUL *
So when it was stripped back to the gelcoat there was some hairline
fractures - not serious ones - so we've epoxy those bits and various
other bits so I'm gonna let those dry, sand them off and then it should be time
for the barrier coat.
* REPLACE ANODES *
* GENOA TRACK - FIBERGLASS REPAIR *
So it was a bit of an awkward repair this because it's underneath his genoa
track and then even though we got most of the screws out there were three which
was seized in. The reason for that was because there's a metal plate that runs
under there which is rusted and expanded and cracked all of the fiberglass underneath
as you can see. But because we can't get the track off we're having to kind of do
a under the track repair. It's a bit tricky.
So we ground out as much as possible which wasn't easy with obviously the
track in place and now we just letting it dry and next we'll try and get a gelcoat match.
* GENOA CARS REPLACE INSERTS *
* GENOA TRACK - REINSTATE PLUGS *
* GENOA TRACK - REPLACE ROLLERS *
So it's taken me over an hour to get this track furler off and the reason
for that - the salt crystals have managed to work themselves in between two bits and
completely cemented it together and even now even though the screws out I still
can't get that apart. Basically I had to use a multi-tool to kind of cut the
screws out and then just hammer it off. So basically just more brute force so
So now it's off I just need to put the new one on.
* WINDOWS - REPAIR LEAK *
There's water penetration in those screws up there and it means that the screw is
now not gripping onto this so therefore the screws loose so water is getting in
because we had some drips over winter. So we're going to take the whole panel off
and repair the other side of this wood so that the screws grip in and then put
it all back again - loads of silicon. Top or Bottom?!
* COMPANIONWAY - SAND AND RE-VARNISH *
Okay so I'm sanding all the wood on the companionway hatch because it's got
really old and grimy and all the varnishes come off so first I need to
sand it down then I'm gonna varnish. We've got this fantastic small (evolution)
sander it's perfect for me to hold perfect size and it kind of gets into
all of the nooks and crannies.
* MAST SHEEVES REPLACE *
I've got some rivets - aluminium rivets which fit perfectly in our new sheeves which we've
got from Amel to put in the mast.
* SAILS - REMOVE AND MEASURE *
We knew we had to get our main sail down and there's very little time when the
wind is in the right direction and there's not much wind so the window of
opportunity was this morning early. So this morning on Sunday we got up and had
breakfast at 7:00 we were down here by about 8:00. So we worked out how to get
the mainsail down a little bit complicated but we worked it out -
and she's forgotten how to do a sheet bend.
You've forgotten - that's why you asked me to do it! Double sheet bend? Maybe double.
That's a sheet bend. No, rolling hitch that's what I'm thinking of.
No you don't do a rolling hitch - sheet bend!
This is the problem you get when you've got two skippers on board
yeah when one's forgotten to do sheet bends.. and one's supposed to be an expert.
I've done it.
What about if we do do a rolling hitch on there to take the tension off.
The pin is actually trapped behind the line
We can't get it out. Okay so we may have to put it around
a different winch. Right forget all of that what we've just done because actually we've realised
that there's this little bit in here that you can tie bowline on and bring it down
to the winch and take the tension off like that.
And then now we can pull the pin and take that off the loop undo
that and it's slack now. Now we're going to mouse a long line on here. Is the wind in the right
direction still? Yes still in the right direction. You go get the stuff
to sew it on. Now we're sewing together a mousing line - gaffer tape -
The winds picking up a bit
Yes. Ease out the main on the other side. Wait, wait wait!.
It actually just goes round and round and round there that's all. Six lines here and it's got a bowline,
That's brilliant we got it down and the wind's picking up!
That guys looking at us - I wonder if he's as excited as us. He's probably as nervous as us.
So this has been whipped on at the end so we just need to cut those whipping
lines then we can untie it. Funny Amels really because normally
on a boat you just drop the halyards and that's it - sails down. But there's always
something intricate and a little bit complicated on an Amel you've got to sort of work out.
Yeah you can understand the logic of it.
but it's just deconstructing it innit? Yeah. They've got a bowline.
Once you undo that there's nothing holding it down. Why would it go up? It just MIGHT.
If I just show you
I just hold it there so you don't panic. while it was laid out we could inspect it
a little bit better we realized there was a big rip down the leech of the sail
and also down the foot of the sail so I don't know whether they're going to be
able to repair it or whether we might need to get a new sail who knows. And we
folded it up, tied it up and it's now on the deck of our boats waiting for our
man to get a quote on it or send it off to the sail repairers.
* ELVSTROM SALES REP - MEASURING UP *
One thing we didn't realize until we got there was Elvstrom sales have their main
factory in the north of Tunisia and so we thought this would be a fantastic
opportunity to get measured up and get a quote for a full set of sails.
The Elvstrom rep - Hedi - came down and measured up but unfortunately it takes a
few months to get the sales made up and fitted and we just didn't have the time.
Our insurance kind of ran out and we had to get out of there. So maybe we'll go
back and get a new set of sales in the near future but in the meantime we just
patched up the ones we had and had to leave the place.
* DINGHY - FLOOR REPAIR *
* WINDLASS SERVICE *
The job we're going to do next is service the Lofrans Tigress windlass.
* BEDS - MAKE EXTENSIONS *
We had a lot of guests arriving over the summer period and we needed to extend
the beds. They were kind of really relaxed about me using their workshop so
you can get out of the sun. I had to give my workshop so it was kind of funny one
year later being back in the workshop making furniture like I used to do back at home
for my company RAT AND PALLET.
Some of the remote working that I do involves designing furniture still.
But still it was good to get my hands back on the (Makita) tools and to be doing something practical.
* LADDER - FARICATE AFT CABIN LADDER *
The thing about extending the pilot berth was we then blocked the corridor
from the aft cabin into the the main saloon area. So the other thing we did
was have a stainless steel (Inox) ladder fabricated and attached to the aft cabin
hatch so we could actually get in and out of the hatch without crawling underneath
the pilot birth.
* CUSHION COVERS AND CURTAINS REPLACED *
Hello. Bonjour. Thank you. So I'm asking if it's possible to make curtains, for the first thing.
We have a few things but is this possible?
We've just been quoted 600 pounds to get the whole boat re-upholster and these remade
It'd be difficult to get a price like that anywhere else really. All the
interior stuff which just will brighten the whole thing up and just to.. he'll
replace any sponge that's broken - yeah it's good price.
* BOW LOCKERS - REPLACE FLOORS *
So the work that I started in Lefkas to repair the rope lockers at the
bows of the boat has finally been completed in Tunisia. I'm going to cut a massive hole
in the bottom of the boat with me sat in it - what could possibly go wrong?
The floors in the bow lockers were completely rotten.
All the plywood had delaminated.
Just the thickness of the bilge paint that's all there is. I made some blanks - I think it was 12mm ply.
That kind of stayed in place until we got to Tunisia and the guys
have taken the cutouts that I did, coated them in fiberglass top and bottom to
stop any moisture getting into the plywood like it did in the original
version and they've fiberglassed it in, reinstated the whole thing so now
they're gonna paint it with bilge paint and it'll be as good as new. Hopefully.
I'm pleased with that actually - pleased with the job. it's a bit worrying
I've turned up today and there's nobody around and it's about 10 o'clock.
I was down earlier at about 7 o'clock. Four working days it's supposed to be back
in the water and we're still waiting for the hull to dry out. Moisture levels are
still a bit high. I'm still a bit puzzled by the working hours
really. I mean things are progressing but not as fast as I would like. Moncef the
project manager isn't here today but he does that he kind of disappears and then
turns up and things kind of get done and the other thing we decided to do while
the boat was out the water is get there through hole fittings replaced although
one of them was was fine so we've left that we've placed one of them because it
was shows slight signs of corrosion it seemed a good opportunity to do that but
it's good the value for money here is fantastic the workmanship seems to be as
good as anywhere else in Europe I mean I've no reason to criticize it at
all really the place is a bit slower but in this heat I don't think I could work
any faster to be honest we can hit that deadline of back in the
water next Wednesday
so a lot of things should come together today we should get the solar art in
place you gel shield is going on the hall so that would be five layers of
that the last of the cushion should be turning up and the polishing side so
should be a busy day it's not good my English it's good bday
we start with a jet got no Jericho jet seed this
I suppose in Europe we kind of used to a more egalitarian approach to work you
know where the boss is a benevolent sort of guiding influence in Tunisia it's
still quite traditionally you get your boss looking over his shoulder at
everything you do and given you a right ticking off if you get things wrong and
so one set for the project manager he would pull up his chair sit down and
just watch these guys and make sure that they were done to his exacting standards
which I kind of felt sorry for the guys because they don't get paid that much to
be honest so it's at five coats of gel shield on now in two coats of sealant on
the on the metal keel as well and should be ready for their primer and then the
ante fell off
so it's lunchtime so I got to try the dockyard food meat where the other boys
eat lemonade
and look we're sure it is with some like a spicy Cornish pasty onions and egg bit
of chili in it yeah well cooks on in the background as well
the bow thruster serviced the second time in a year it was serviced back in
September and then it was it was loads of salt water inside tipped it over we
had the mayonnaise effect so the more surface kindly serviced it again
understand we've had some more parts fabricated hopefully last a year
so the boat was put in the water yesterday and we had the final stages of
the solar arch finished off then there was some dispute about the balance to
pay spreadsheets it's kind of scraps of paper drawings and for the language
barrier in the way we paid slightly more than we expected towards the end but we
still got some really good work done and still far far cheaper than anywhere else
that we would have gotten you know for snakes
you know take the chin and my cadaver experience I suppose you came up with
his family to the boat and I'll final night and we had a good chat and he told
us about his dreams of emigrate to Canada with his wife and his young six
month year old boy yeah really nice nice family it's very tough for poor families
without connections in Tunisia the wages are very low this is quite harsh yeah
it's been a it's been a hell of a learning experience I think for the kids
for us it's good to come to an Islamic country Tunisia is one of the more
progressive liberal Islamic countries head jobs seem to be optional most the
women you know there's the ultra-conservatives and this long hair
in jeans and you know they wouldn't look about facing any Western country really
there's some really nice genuine people here but last time I was here actually I
was pickpocketed so I need to be careful this time
yeah so it's a believe now so it's back to vote get some last-minute
provisioning and if we go
okay so we've just done left port de peche with the boat and we're heading
back to marina to get ready for our trip up north Tunisia
we've got no sails on because we've taken them all off to be measured and do
need new sails
three with makes me feel like we're on some B's
else how else is very it's all different code yeah I mean daddy gonna put all the
sales by homes but they say I was in our sailing boats
French friend yeah we not that family we never been that way so this is saying
goodbye to monastery in Tunisia Africa
so we've left monastere and we've headed up north along the coast and now we're
in the Gulf of X so we've anchored in the Gulf of hammamet for two nights near
the old Medina went to a cafe fantastic cafe which we've been to about eight
years ago
oh is that nice Mary so it's really nice to go back there so now we're going to
the marina in Jasmine to get some fuel we're trying to keep carrying on up the
coast because we need to get to some of dinner next so we're kind of waiting for
a weather window
it's coming in to refuel at Jasmine marina in hammamet get ready with a
stern line as well please hi
quite close that boats engine No
here we try to stock up in home at thinking that the supermarkets would be
really well provisioned because the massive tourist industry there but um
the shop we found was a little bit sparse but they did have a good staff
alcohol getting ready
prohibition we just propped up at the most expensive marina in Tunisia it's
only 13 euros or pounds and I which is kind of steel coupe for the most
expensive but that was include electricity fuel or Wi-Fi but anyway we
are not saying it because we just came to refuel and it kind of works out that
tomorrow is the day to go north then wait and then the 11th is the day to
cross because 1112 it's all from the south and the way
even if you just come to a few thought you have to go check in and out and they
keep checking on us it's great I should be like the Coast Guard here
they've come three times to see if we're okay on anchor they kind of play their
paperwork but they wouldn't call them in and turn off when you turn up they give
you lots to fill in there's like seven guys in there with machine guns we've
nothing to do I feel so safe here I feel like we go into any difficulty but the
code we can just call the Coast Guard and they'll be right there assisting in
you know they're probably even going get our shopping for us I'm tried that with
the pirate boats always out and taking trips out the kids really love those
boats and they love the crew because the crew would climb up the masts and you
know on all the spreaders and then the kids decided they were gonna try some of
these tricks as well
we're now leaving the Gulf of Hanuman's to
probably last stop
something Coast yeah you need to know these week
no knots
my mother's going down I'm trying to probably shut with words cuz it looks
there's no shine for anymore
in Syria I'm trying to make that design it's boiling
all right Yemen's got more than it he has the most expensive wine maker
200
we have arrived in probably the last stop before we leave Tunisia this is
Columbia Columbia and I'm it's pretty much a fishing port with the Navy base
as well over there it's not obvious where you're gonna more up when you
arrive because it's so busy we've told to kind of come alongside these boats
and another boat left so we were kind of hanging on a bit but um another one
coming alongside or something this is where we're gonna be
they're going to fishing later out will they catch of the day
everybody's coming out
in amongst the fishing community here so it stinks of fish and I vote we wake up
six fish or go to sleep
we've been cooped up in that very fishy fishing harbour waiting for the right
wing to go across to Sardinia but it's our eldest in the middle walls birthday
today yes they share the same birthday so three years apart so it's a real
special day normally have a big party at home but today we're in search of
somewhere and beautiful and we've walked a bit about half an hour and we found
this lovely beach and right on the end top tip of Tunisia it's really colourful
it's a Tunisian hot spot really I think so now we're going to go and find
a restaurant to eat in and we know there's one called a monaco-based Iran
so this must be in Monaco Bay and there's another one as well so we're
gonna check out here and there seems right
mine and Gary's birthday
holy book all the way round is a bit hot and I'm a little bit tired now away the
other tweezing guy and got over the fence and to ziens helped us find over
there it's so much easier you broke it in where we live
this is our house yeah boat is here lose em off we gotta see
so because of the winds we had a few extra days which men you know we could
do a bit of more cleaning squeeze in a bit of clean this time we did the
carpets and and then the customs came the customs was a little bit more
complicated than we thought they they seem to have lost a part of
the paperwork so you know I thought they could be trouble but it turned out
alright it's relieving and we're going to Sardinia although
we've got too much pizza here so maybe there'll be something else maybe the ice
cream we're gonna do the longer route from till EBA which where we are now so
it will take us about 36 hours maybe less if it's good wind we've been
waiting for four days for this weather to turn but that's what sailings all
about I can't just go when you can see what you can but your fight against the
elements so it's about kind of harnessing the winning so sorry choosing
the right wind and going with it this is our passage hairstyle which is plaque to
hair as much as possible so that we don't have to deal with it
when we get to the other side for now that we brush for days passages are the
best thing for losing weight because you don't eat anything
my stomach sort of shrink somehow
I wish I knew
way we travel Oh No
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