Restart of Stamper

It was a lot more difficult to leave the house where Mieke died then to return to Stamper where we have spend an intense last seven years.

After 18 hours travelling you have overslept your fatigue, and just start organizing your own baggage, quickly realizing that you first need to empty the lockers that Mieke used to make space for all your stuff.

Now a neat, not too big pile of bags with Miekes clothing is waiting for shipment back home. Stamper was in good shape, apart of some mould on the inside of the cockpit tent. That can easily be removed with water and bleach.

Initially I asked the yard manager to put Stamper back in the water at noon today as I only planned to change the zinc anode on the prop. I quickly changed that to tomorrow as the prop also needed cleaning and polishing. To my surprise when I returned to Stamper around 11 after some shopping, the travel lift was already positioned to lift Stamper. The yard manager had forgotten to tell his boys...

Then finding Frans from Gemini, who called me after I e-mailed him when i did not find him on my first round in the Boat Lagoon. Shopping together and now the jet-lag is tapping at my shoulder. Just ignore it, I still want to do this update and start the polishing of the prop. Then will be time for some Zen and a nap.

Conclusion for all you readers: everything is fine with Stamper and Rob reunited. The weather is awful and tomorrow is another day!