Saturday 2nd August
The day that our 'barge' was to earn her masts back and return to the status of sailing vessel had finally arrived. We woke up early and waited. And waited. And waited. At midday Ivan announced the arrival of the much anticipated 'riggers' . They did not make it to the boat. Michael was summoned and informed that the best way to kickstart a days' work was by having a beer. Finally, yet another hour later 3 very branded, fully kitted men donning Gill hats and gear started working to set up the rigging of SV Aigle D'Or but it was more than 24hours later that the crane launched the mizzen into place unceremoniously. The main mast on the other hand presented more of a problem and we damaged our newly varnished mast base. With the masts and basic rigging in place the riggers vanished as quickly as they had appeared...once again in another swirling storm... more details soon.... Baba's up and needs his breakfast! Pancakes with Nutella.... If you please!

So it turns out that the riggers were in too much of a rush to actually complete our rig so we have spent the past two days since they left trying to complete the job and actually redo some of what they did. It seems like we have finally got our heads around it and planned to set sail but once again Aeolus intervened... seems like he didn't like the fact that we laughed off his Borino on Saturday so Today(5/8/14) he's worked up a full Bora in our honour and once again we are Port bound! It's blowing a steady Force 7 and we have no choice but to sit and wait... so in the meantime we are keeping busy completing odd jobs and piecing together bits of the puzzle that we are living aboard, whilst trying desperately to keep our spirits up.