After we were splashed again, life changed in an unexpected and unwanted way. Alex (the owner of the HUGE nordhavn 55 that has been mentioned many times before) called to say that Gisele was not well and he asked for some local advice. This ended up with her being taken into Southampton General hospital for an emergency operation. Not at all nice.
Their boat was in Lymington and Alex wanted to bring the boat back to Swanwick for a couple of days and needed some crew. So we re-arranged our plans, drove to Lymington with Ann and Martin as extra crew and then helped him bring his boat back. Martin looked rather at home in the hot seat::
and had some instructions on the "kit" from Alex:
Meanwhile, Ann was busy hunting for a house they were interested in near the Bramble bank. Martin had to avoid running onto it:
Luckily all went well and Lady Grey was safely moored in Swanwick again for a couple of nights. Gisele was released from hospital to recover but another boat move was needed. Swanwick wanted to kick him out as the berth would be needed for a Broom 50 that was being relaunched. So we then helped with another delivery job. This time the crew went along to aid in the move to Ocean Village where Lady Grey could stay for as long as she wanted. Departing Swanwick:
with the crew looking most professional sorting out the lines. Meanwhile the captain drove to Southampton and had the amusement of the cruise liner traffic. Apparently there were 4 of them in port and the traffic was grim. Luckily he made it to Ocean Village to welcome in the good ship Lady Grey as she approached her berth:
The captain is worried that the crew now wants the space and luxury of a larger Nordhavn. The crew assured the captain that the extra acres of GRP to polish put her off. The bank manager was very happy to hear that.
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