Saturday - Millie and Mel arrive
07 August 2016 | ACI Marina Dubrovnik
Skipper - Sunny with cloud building and strong gusts of wind (not the skipper)
Saturday started sunny and hot. The skipper and Will got up and continued with the preparations. We also provisioned the boat with plenty of water, food and a couple of beers for the evening!
We continued preparing the boat. The wind picked up in the afternoon with very heavily gusts hitting us, which meant that the planned hanging on of sails had to be postponed until tomorrow. Instead, Will went up the mast to replace the deck light (that had failed 2 years ago). He managed to remove the broken light, but rising winds and failing light (and some thunderstorms in the vicinity) meant that the fitting of the new light had to be postponed.
Mel and Millie, in the meantime, had been finalizing packing - receiving last minute requests from the advance party - and flying out to join the advance party. They experienced an 'interesting' landing in Dubrovnik - the aircraft was hit by a tail-wind gust as it was bra out to touch-down and had to take off again and go around again. The ride was "very bumpy" and "very scary". Thankfully, Mel and Millie arrived safely, eventually and found the Taxi that had been thoughtfully booked (in the skipper's opinion) and arrived at the marginal just as Will and Si finished their meal.
Millie decided that the time was right to take a dip in the pool - having had an ice cream refresher; clearly she felt she hadn't got enough swimming in for a few hours! Will decided to join her - holidays mean being able to go swimming at 22:30.
We retired to the boat for a bit of winding down, catching up and then bed - as the wind howled around - but at least the whole crew was safely aboard.