Oops...
15 June 2009 | Antwerp
Made a mistake. Got the tidal calculations wrong. Mixed up HW Antwerp and LW Flushing. Easy thing to do. Well, it was for me. Luckily I spotted it in time.
Departure now rescheduled - Wednesday 23H00. Lock booked - they require 48hrs notice for a night opening. This will have is fighting the tide for an hour, but as it's neaps we should be all right. Arrival Breskens around 05H00 - tide turns 11H30 - Ostend by 17H30 Thursday. Looking forward to it.
The boat: it rained this afternoon. Bugger. Cockpit's as good as done - the 'hump' behind the wheel still needs to be sanded down in places (by hand), but apart from that, we're done.
Small bits of the aft deck still need caulking (oversight), both hatches are all but ready (they just need to be sanded down).
Ideally all of this should be done tomorrow - not a problem, but IT MUST NOT RAIN!! Forecast: rain & thunderstorms possible.
Let's hope and pray all goes well tomorrow, then Wednesday should leave nothing more but cleaning and kitting the last bits in place.
Fingers - and everything else - firmly crossed. Everything depends on the weather now.