Magnus
18th June 2009, 07:34
So, now the circus has left Marstrand. Before the event the were a lot of talking about whether or not Marstarnd would be able to cope with the numbers of people visiting. As it turned out, the extremely bad wheather for wed-fri calmed everything down alot. I must say I felt bad for everyone who had put an effort into making something special out of the stop, and then it was all destroyed by the pouring rain.
I was quite happy with the bad wheather though, since my new pontoon hasnīt arrived yet, we have a little to low capacity to cope with many boats. We simply do not have reservoirs or pumps to serve them all...
The boats came to Marstrand early on thursday. It was a rather bad night for me, as I was awakened three times by calls from people who desperately wanted fuel so they could go out and meet the boats. Amongst them was the coastal guard, maybe I can have one speeding ticket for free nest time... :)
Saturday and sunday was far better, and during sunday we put all time high record /from 44 years), and we had a line to the pumps most of the day. The boats left Marstrand at 01:00 pm. Unfortunately Telefoncia Blue ran aground just outside marstarnd, so it had to limp back inte the harbour, and was hoisted out of the water just opposite our place. It was a nice view, even tjou you couldnt help feeling very bad for tham.
Yesterday afternoon they were done with the repairments, and could continue their trip up to Stockholm, and the final leg to St Petersburg.
Over and out
I was quite happy with the bad wheather though, since my new pontoon hasnīt arrived yet, we have a little to low capacity to cope with many boats. We simply do not have reservoirs or pumps to serve them all...
The boats came to Marstrand early on thursday. It was a rather bad night for me, as I was awakened three times by calls from people who desperately wanted fuel so they could go out and meet the boats. Amongst them was the coastal guard, maybe I can have one speeding ticket for free nest time... :)
Saturday and sunday was far better, and during sunday we put all time high record /from 44 years), and we had a line to the pumps most of the day. The boats left Marstrand at 01:00 pm. Unfortunately Telefoncia Blue ran aground just outside marstarnd, so it had to limp back inte the harbour, and was hoisted out of the water just opposite our place. It was a nice view, even tjou you couldnt help feeling very bad for tham.
Yesterday afternoon they were done with the repairments, and could continue their trip up to Stockholm, and the final leg to St Petersburg.
Over and out