An early call from Alistair to say his dinghy was missing – could I come and pick him up from the shore. He was sure he had secured the dinghy to the pontoon securely the previous evening so someone must have taken it. We did a trip along the shore then out round the moored boats before heading to the marina area. After searching all the boats I took Alistair back to the shore so he could go and report it missing. Fortunately it was located inside the boat yard. A Thai boat boy had been asked to pick up the dinghy for a yacht that had just been taken into the yard. He picked up Alistair's dinghy instead of the one at the yacht’s mooring. Alistair was back with his dinghy at 1 in time for lunch but was too mentally exhausted to consider going sailing and was heading home. We put up the sun covers for angus to sit on the deck and watch all the boat movements and I prepared for a phone conference meeting of Dental Nurse examiners.
By 6 we were able to go ashore and have a beer at the usual bar then decision time for which restaurant then back to the boat for 9.