Back in “real time” again….. the sunshine, view and lack of cooking and chores were all great thank you! The extracts from boating journals are in stark contrast to the sad state of Halcyon of Seil as the estimates for repair are awaited. Sadly, it looks as if the outcome will be that the boat is effectively a write-off. (Constructive Total Loss is the marine insurance term.) However, we have to wait for the wheels to grind. Everyone pulled out the stops to do the initial salvage work, but once the urgency is no longer there, the impetus is somewhat lost.
What a lot of washing of things that have been under the waves. Some have miraculously survived, (such as two brandy glasses), others are so rust-stained as to be useless – a favourite shirt of the Captain springs to mind.