10 • May • 2014 • SY CESARINA

It is a rainy Saturday afternoon in the Flensburg Fjord. After three busy days in the marina, the best opportunity to make the last week briefly pass in review. After an extremely warm welcome of the Harbor Master Marina Sonwik, Herrn Holt, and our sailing friends Violetta and Martin from the SY Ganesha we felt from the first minute to well. What a contrast to the disappointing adoption of the Harbor Master in Grömitz(down to a more casual spoken “Have a nice trip” there was really no kind words). In Holt has us even 2 Hours before entering into a Sonwik “Welcome” sent by e-mail. That was a great feeling! Last Sunday we received the news, that my mother passed away unexpectedly for us. Of course, it was a depressing feeling to get such a message on the day, where we have cast off the lines in our home port and started our journey. This one but once again more aware on the other side, that life is a gift and we should try to make the best of it. The fulfillment of our dream has only further more get more weight and the family also is behind.
Martin is an experienced sailor and equips his ship also just for the trip to Portugal in July this year from. For this reason, and because he is a good guy, he gave us the best boating equipment “Skipper Paradiese” :-), Presented workshops and Violetta and his sailing friends. The result: Stainless steel fittings for the rear anchor, new linkage for the Bimini, Rettungsboje, 2 AIS transponder times if one of us falls overboard, an ingenious 2,4 KG 'heavy Shimano fishing reel (Endstufe!) for the thickest marine fish, various maintenance products and an invitation to a birthday party on Saturday evening. Yesterday evening there was already a small foretaste. After four bottles of delicious wine with Violetta, Martin, Uwe, Dirk + Woman and very entertaining “Doktor Gorch-Fock” Stories we were against 00:30 back on board with us. Today I was allowed for repair our broken toilet onboard to compensate. Einer der sehr wenigen Gelegenheiten an denen ich meine ansonsten blühende Fantasie und bildliche Vorstellungskraft zwanghaft unterdrückt habe 🙂
Was soll`s, the thing works again. In 20 Minutes we will be met and, therefore, is it a day.