The Tide

For a little girl born and raised by the baltic sea it can be hard to fully grasp the concept and possible implications of the tide. Well, if I didnt grasp it before today I sure got a crashcourse in the subject. 

I havent been writing lately, basically because I havent had that much to write about. Life is moving along here in marina da gloria and except for some smaller excursions with the kids from british school the boat hasnt moved. But to be secured safely in the harbor doesnt appeal to a pirateboat like Tocorime, she taught us that today. 

Woke up by a terrible noise at 8 o'clock, thinking the world was coming to an end, turned out one of the bowlines got loose and the boat was almost crashing into our neighbours kitchen. Once secured we figured the worst was over, but Toco still had a fierce wish to travel the oceans once again. With the tidal water bouncing her from side to side all the ropes started running, even though properly secured they too seemed tired of staying in the same place. The current got so strong (in our safe secured harbor) that one of the main cleats (huge in solid wood) basically exploded due to the force exercised on it and that rope started running. We had to put the two thickest ropes onboard in the stern and one more at the bow. Fortunately a friend who used to work here came along unexpectadly and helped out, controling all these ropes and taking them in would have been close to impossible for only me and Nikollas to manage. 

Now we are basically safe (for the moment) but the ropes keep on destroying the bridge and the tidal currents keep throwing us around as if we were nothing but a toy in a pond. 

Aside from all this, the project wont happen until september, Im probably leaving, maybe Ill be going with a German boat here in the harbor to the Carribean next week to continue with another boat back home, but lets see how things turn out.