The team has been arriving over the past few days and on Monday June 27 the container arrived with the boats. There is always a little anxiety as the container doors are opened and we take a quick look around to see if there is any damage. No problems! And so we all breathed a quick sigh of relief and set about unpacking. Usually everything is fine, although a few years back on a trip to Spain, an anchor point welding gave away and a boat dropped down a few inches. But we typically tie at least two safety lines so significant damage was averted.
So far, Gorbolds have arrived, along with Lin, Paul Scoffin and myself. There are maybe a half dozen other boats set up as well. Jonathan and Nigel have been out, though the rest of us are knee deep in boat games. And enjoying Italy. More pictures will be here soon, as we are still trying to get reliable internet and connections set up.