A new year and a short visit to Kemer to spend a couple of weeks on board Stratagem and do some maintenance work mixed with some socialising with friends who are also on board their yachts. After the usual journey via Thomas Cook and mad taxi driver we arrived at the marina in plenty of time for "happy hour". But shock horror(!) we found Stratagem has been damaged at the transom with an area of gelcoat scraped to the extent that the underlying glass is exposed! As the yacht was too far away from the concrete pontoon we sought the marina's help to get on board. Only then did we find out that there had been a very severe storm the previous day and that the bow line (as provided by the marina) had failed. The marina were quick to acknowledge their liability and undertook to execute the repair at their cost. This took the "sting" out of the situation. The repair will take place when Stratagem is lifted out of the water in April.
The visit was worthwhile in that the worklist was successfully completed but the weather was much wetter than we expected - perhaps that is how the work got completed? The next stage is fitting out time in April when I will come out in advance of Sandra to prepare Stratagem for the coming season.
The visit was worthwhile in that the worklist was successfully completed but the weather was much wetter than we expected - perhaps that is how the work got completed? The next stage is fitting out time in April when I will come out in advance of Sandra to prepare Stratagem for the coming season.
