Our first winter season is drawing to a close. It’s been hard work but mostly great fun with just the sadness of my dad passing away mid-season putting a dampener on the winter. We are already contemplating another season, will it be Val d’Isere or shall we try another resort? Perhaps St Anton. No doubt a topic that will be discussed frequently over the coming months.
We have a couple of weeks skiing left, the conditions are fantastic, but our thoughts are now turning to the summer and our sailing adventures. Work that should have been carried out on the boat whilst away hasn’t been done so we will probably have to spend some time in a boat yard at some point but essential purchases, and a few non essential, have been made and it’s all getting very exciting. There are several days work to get Linea ready for sea but the aim is to depart Sicily around 1 May, head east to Kephalonia, through the Corinth canal and on into the Aegean.
I recently came across the Bryan Adams track “18 til I die” which gave me an idea for a little video montage of our season, here you go……
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Notes from inexperienced crew member
(Apologies Sheena for the delay in posting, ed)
Notes taken by an inexperienced crew member way back in September on the trip from Marina di Ragusa to Kefalonia
After a serious list of boat vocab (halyard, sheet, reefing rope, gib, gennacker and so on, I found a short list of needy knots such as the bowline and the very useful half hitch and some instructions on how to do them (it took me an unacceptably long time to fully grasp Sarah’s knot lesson) we move on to a list of boaty expressions, cooked up after a glass of wine or two……,.
THE SUN IS OVER THE YARD ARM (time for a drink) every evening at dusk except when out at sea
THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND (drunk) not every evening…….honest
ALL HANDS ON DECK (everyone get to work) when Captain gave the orders
SHIP-SHAPE (tidy) how Sarah keeps her boat
ANY PORT IN THE STORM (anything goes) no storms but an unplanned port for sure
BATON DOWN THE HATCHES (get ready for a difficult moment) cos if you don’t you find water dripping on your head in the middle of the night
DOWN THE HATCH (eat up) yes this happened very often as there is not just one breakfast on board the Linea
BRACE YOURSELF (get ready) well we must have done it as no one went overboard this time
I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR GIB Ian’s chat up line
SHE’S HITCHED (married) “sorry but I’m already hitched” – perhaps after the above
SHE’S HALF HITCHED (not sure if this means your marital state or your mental state) whatever it means it made us laugh
TO TIE THE KNOT (get married) well this doesn’t really apply to us oldies
TO MISS THE BOAT (miss an opportunity) but I really did nearly miss it one day when I spent too long saying goodbye to the turtles…
GET KNOTTED what you mustn’t say to the Captain
TO BE DECKED (k:o.) this is what happens if you tell the Captain to get knotted
Sheena – Linea crew Sicily to Kephalonia; September 2016
Sarah takes to the skies
After dropping not so subtle hints all season Sarah finally took to the skies over Tignes and Val d’Isere on a beautiful spring day with Felix of Tignes Air Experience. Enjoy the video…..