Back in Topsham
The ‘Ros Ailither’ sailed into Torquay harbour on Saturday morning, 19th July 2008, in time for Hazel (and Katie) to jump on a train and join her parents for their 40th anniversary celebration.
David and Jay put the boat on the drying grid in Brixham and repainted the bottom before coming back up the river Exe at high tide on Tuesday.
We were all reunited at Topsham, where we have enjoyed a week of visiting with friends and family and having a few tipples with the local residents!
Ros Ailither is happy to be back on her mooring at Turf, where Dave is busy sorting out a few technical troubles on board (eg. stripping down and re-building the generator).
Katie has found her land legs at last. She took off at the Double Locks Pub then the next day walked the whole length of Topsham recreation ground on her own.
Jay has caught the big silver bird back to the States. It took us two and a half months to sail across the Atlantic and he flew back in half a day! One of his first jobs will be to cut off his long hair, which should now be at the required length of ten inches to send off to make wigs for kids with cancer. (www.locksoflove.com). He has been great fun to have on board and the boat seems very quiet without him.
So, the adventure is over for the time being and we are now trying to get back into the swing of ‘real life’. Thanks to everyone who has read this blog, posted comments and sent us e-mails along the way. I hope you have all enjoyed the trip as much as we have.
David and Jay put the boat on the drying grid in Brixham and repainted the bottom before coming back up the river Exe at high tide on Tuesday.
We were all reunited at Topsham, where we have enjoyed a week of visiting with friends and family and having a few tipples with the local residents!
Ros Ailither is happy to be back on her mooring at Turf, where Dave is busy sorting out a few technical troubles on board (eg. stripping down and re-building the generator).
Katie has found her land legs at last. She took off at the Double Locks Pub then the next day walked the whole length of Topsham recreation ground on her own.
Jay has caught the big silver bird back to the States. It took us two and a half months to sail across the Atlantic and he flew back in half a day! One of his first jobs will be to cut off his long hair, which should now be at the required length of ten inches to send off to make wigs for kids with cancer. (www.locksoflove.com). He has been great fun to have on board and the boat seems very quiet without him.
So, the adventure is over for the time being and we are now trying to get back into the swing of ‘real life’. Thanks to everyone who has read this blog, posted comments and sent us e-mails along the way. I hope you have all enjoyed the trip as much as we have.
posted by Katie at 5:19 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Ros Ailither,
Welcome home... are you likely to be having a Scottish holiday anytime?
Sad to relate that two of our elder sisters have been in the wars, Ros Beag sank at Arklow on Thurday and Naomh Fionnan was cast adrift at Rathmullen, and has possibly been damaged beyond repair. On a more happy note Ros Einne is up for adoption.
Regards,
Ros Donn
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