Well it was with a heavy heart and after a quick dip in the Red Sea and a final shower off on the swim platform that Sandra and myself had to leave Athina this afternoon in the rather poorly equipped dockside of Sharm El Sheikh and I sadly find myself sat in row something or other being bumped every time the orange clad girls pass down the aisle after a truly magical adventure with Julie, John and Gordy.
Our last night was spent enjoying well earned relaxing Birthday drinks and eats in the Camel rooftop Bar watching Johnny unwind with mucho mojito's and Sakarah Golds and Woo Woo cocktails and tropical Daquiri's for the ladies before blagging ourselves beautifully into Little Buddha Bar.......easy!! "where's Mr Ben??"
My birthday morning was spent slowly waking up after the night before (and I hope) getting to the bottom of another power distribution problem that saw the Domestic bank of 6 batteries voltages decay and a few minutes trying to diagnose the Fwd Heads! ( ADF Log for that one mate) but I'll draw out the circuit in my head and update you, and make you use that multiple-meter!
Let's be under no illusion that it hasn't been plain sailing and understanding Athina's features and her complex personality whilst being under way, has been challenging but despite the hurdles and ever lacking Egyptian brokers, Johnnys detailed strategy planning together with Gordy's pin point Nav skills has put Athina exactly where she needed to be to make our rather limited time scales and preposition them for a short transit over to Hurghada to some better facilities before pushing South.
I feel privileged to have contributed to this voyage and epic story so far and only sorry I couldn't carry on with you guys to your final destination but the experience and your friendship has left me feeling inspired much like any truly great holiday, dive, climbing a mountain or reading a good book does and I'm grateful for that and will always be so. As I said last night in the Camel Bar that's the end of the all inclusive, package holidays for us honey........bring on the adventure Lawson style!
Safe journey, fair winds and Godspeed Athina, Julie and Captain Johnny. Chief of the boat will be watching, that's assuming I had my Chiefs rank reinstated???
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