We have been experiencing the weather ups and downs of approaching Spring. Monday was absolutely stunning. We worked on deck all afternoon. We finished cleaning the stainless steel and did some general tidying.

Deck cleaning is a thankless job that needs to be restarted as soon as it is done. Monday night we had wind and rain from the south again. This time it brought a fine powdery sand that covered and stuck to everything. We are told this is desert sand blown in from Egypt. It might have been the same storm that caused the container ship to run aground in the Suez Canal; the timing is right. I guess the sand blows in from time to time, more often in May.

That meant that Tuesday was once again deck cleaning day. It was quite cold for the rest of the week. We had a couple of days with high wind gusts. The electronics have been checked, the AIS was serviced. Everything is working now and the gadgets are talking to each other. We are still waiting on the winch parts. Eyeroll!

Today the weather seems to have turned. It is currently 17 and sunny with almost no wind. We took the opportunity to roll out the sails to get some air on them and make sure they are good and dry.

We don’t like the look of the genoa; but, I think it is more just the colour of the poor thing. We expect to hear back on the recut sail this coming week.