|
3 April 2014
Place: Langkawi
We’re still at it in the yard, with a few more developments that have put us slightly behind schedule (about a month or so). Captain Dave is feeling the pressure, but he still has his big smile on, which leads us to believe all is well in the bigger scheme of things.
All the departments have been working extremely hard in their sections. The Engineers have been working on getting all the auxiliary equipment clean, serviced and ready to go back into Shamoun. The Deck crew have been hard at it, sanding and re-painting the boom, cleaning and painting the engine room, getting it ready for our basically-brand new, (Scania) red and shiny engines to go back in, amongst other things. The Interior crew have been kept busy trying to keep the crew well fed and hydrated and making sure the apartments are clean and tidy.
We have been doing a lot of adventuring over the weekends to try and take in as much of the local culture and sights as possible.
Our stay in Langkawi has been made that much easier, with the help of some of our new friends. Firstly, Nick and Andy down as Asia Pacific Superyachts, who have helped tremendously with putting us in touch with the right people and being our general “go to” guys.
Our accommodation has been sorted out by the kind ladies, Anne and Lyn, at Laguna Apartments, who have had to deal with our ever growing “Shamoun Army” resulting in us moving within the block 3 times.
Most of our food has been purchased at Hegners. They are great for the harder to find “Western” goodies and the ladies and their team are always so friendly and full of smiles, it always makes my day going to see them!
So as quickly as our “Shamoun Army” arrived, they’re all leaving again. Floris and Dyl were the first to leave (even though Flores will be back in a few weeks to Sea Trial with us), and there will be a few more “losses” over the next few weeks - which in one way is a good thing - it means Shamoun’s yard period is coming to a close - but also sad to say goodbye to all the friends we’ve made.
So from the bottom of our hearts, a warm and grateful THANK-YOU for all your help and hard work, and a massive SHAMOUN GOODBYE, till next time!
Regards,
The Shamoun Team
|
