Maldives, Holiday in paradise

We stayed on the Maldives for six days, and making the most of that time. The rush to get home before the ocean freezes over has started. We have planned for the machining of the new backstay deck-fitting that we need to get made after Egil discovered a crack in the old one.

We have sent off Kjell on a 12-stage journey to get back home to Kirkenes. ...and we have enjoyed ourselves going on a trip with the other yachties in the harbour. We were the second boat to arrive, and by the time we left there were almost 20.

We have also sampled the various watersports available, such as surfing (as well as alternative uses of a surfboard) and freediving and spearfishing. Good times, the pictures speak for themselves.
Next up is Oman's second biggest city Salalah, and then a rush over to Aden in Yemen. Hopefully both legs will be completed without encountering people with wooden legs, eyepatches and hooks for hands, otherwise known as pirates. The odds are on our side anyway. Last season two of the 120+ sailyachts to go through there had any problems, guess we can live with that.