Saturday 5 June 2021

Unexpected need for surgery, 4 June 2021

Belisama was put off water today for unplanned surgery on her left hip. This may take a couple of weeks, and for now, we are all land-borne! Two years ago, Belisama struck a rocky shoal without apparent damage as she was behaving as always, without an apparent hitch on the rudder. Since then, we cruised for more than 2500 nautical miles without problems.

Belisama back to Alubat shipyard, 5 June 2021

But once the Alubat expert looked at it, it became apparent that the hit resulted in more that just a litlle bending on the rudder post...