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Winter on the hard
Nimrod was supposed to be lifted out of the water at Manoel Island on October 1st but she was taken round to the boatyard a day early, which was fine as our mooring contract ran out on the 1st anyway. … Continue reading
Ready for lifting out
We have spent the last few days getting Nimmie ready for winter. She is being lifted out on October 1st and will be ashore on the hard at Manoel Island until May 2016. In order to get her ready, there … Continue reading
Caio Sicily and friends
After our lovely evening out with Katie and Loui, it was time to bid them farewell on Monday morning (September 21st) so they could catch their plane from Catania back to Gatwick. It had been a great week having them … Continue reading
Storm bound in Taormina
As you know, we arrived back in Taormina on Saturday September 19th so that Katie and Loui could catch their flight on Monday. However, the other reason was that there were two days of bad weather due with strong northerly … Continue reading
Stromboli finally!
The overnight anchorage at Vulcano was solid although ferries and tankers were coming and going for most of the evening and starting up again at 7am so not the most peaceful. We decided to give the next island in the … Continue reading
Nimmie and friends…
For those of you who know Nimrod and her owners, you will be familiar with their hosting excellence. And this trip is no different – even extending to writing this guest blog. We’ve had an amazing trip so far and … Continue reading
Romping through the Straits
Wednesday September 16th started very lazily as we all needed a good rest after our overnight passage. After breakfast and a swim we set off up the Messina Straits. There is a current of up to 4 knots so you … Continue reading
Two more than competent crew – day skippers no less!
Sunday, September 12th arrived with a clear blue sky and temperatures on the high 20s by 9am. Loui and Kate were due to land around 10.40am having got up at stupid o’clock to fly from Gatwick to Malta. They arrived … Continue reading
The Marie Celeste
We arrived onto Nimmie late on Friday night (Sept 11th) to find her all open and a ladder against the mast. Down below was not much better. We couldn’t figure out what was going on given that Peter, our caretaker, … Continue reading
A few days away
We caught the late flight from Luton on Weds evening (June 24th) arriving at the marina just before 1am. We discovered that the marina office had changed the metering system for the electricity and water so the security chaps met … Continue reading
Nimrod Oceanlord 