WAITING IN MINDELO, 4th DEC

The temporary repair was eventually completed on the Wednesday 2nd December in the evening at about 20.30. Our trick to get it completed was to demand that the insurance surveyor stayed until the job was done so that he could approve it and thereby allow us full continuation of our insurance. He had planned to just come and make his demands then dissappear and leave us with further headaches....

This surveyor (from Lisbon) was a nice enough fellow but pretty incapable, and loved telling us stories. He didn't even manage to perform a summary of the damage for the final repair.
Now we have to liaise with 'Netmarin' in Martinique to get a 'slot' for the final repair, and some kind of estimate on down-time.
So the saga is to continue.