SAILING KWANZA: December 2012

VISIT TO CLYDE MARINA AT THE END OF NOVEMBER 2012

I flew over to Clyde Marin in Ardrossan Scotland on Monday the 26th November and came back on Friday 30th November. The intention was to check on the yacht to see if all was in order and to discuss additional equipment and the status of the retrofit modifications.
I actually organised my flights with Cargolux since they stop in Prestwick Westbound and Eastbound to the USA. So the flight into Prestwick on Monday evening was on the brand new B747-8F registration LX-VCG (delivered two weeks prior to my trip). On arrival into Prestwick I walked into the town and stayed in a beach front hotel. The next morning I picked up my hire car and drove up to Ardrossan where I met Chris and Simon and another person (Garth..). I spent the whole morning with them looking at the boat and the mast which was lying outside, then we went for lunch at the Marina, then continued some discussion on sails and signwriting.
On Wednesday I went back to talk to Chris after which I set out to explore the coastal area. On Thursday I made my way down the coast towards Prestwick. In the meantime I had been dumped from the flight (waitlisted) and reinstated. I dropped the car off at the airport at about 14.00 local ready for a 16.45 departure..HOWEVER I was then informed that the flight was 12 hours delayed, so I reluctantly settled in to a night at Prestwick airport trying to sleep on an arrival lounge seat...And it was very cold.

Items discussed:
-Asymmetric Sail or Code 1> I chose the A sail with snuffer and asked for the light blue stripes
-Dinghy and outboard > will probably opt for a 2.7 Waveline tender
-Signwriting the yacht name > selected dark grey and the font
-Antifoul type and colour > selected black over the present white
-Status of retrofits particularly the washing machine
-Launch dates > decided protem on end of March 2013

Some pictures: