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We are a retired American couple living in France, enjoying the good life with our cats. Our house is in a small hamlet among the Ste. Foy vines. We also have a sailboat that the male half of the spousal unit sailed across the Atlantic in the summer of 08. When the weather warms we will start to visit the sailing ports of Europe. Our stories chronicle our life in France: the good life, the hard life, and the sailing life.

Friday, July 10, 2009

All Is Well With Petillant


We took a quick trip to the boat yesterday. We had not been there in 5 months. We did no winterizing so there was a nagging worry that something may have gone wrong as the winter was colder than usual. But RXC started up the systems and everything worked right away: no leaks, no cracks. We also made arrangements to haul the boat and get the bottom painted and the zincs changed. That will happen a week from Tuesday and we plan to be there when she comes out of the water.
It was interesting the see the marina post economic crises. There were many. many empty slips. Just about all the slips in the marina are sold, many to investors who were renting them out. I think a lot of people who were renting the slips have taken their boats out of the water and are storing them on land so the slips are now empty.

1 comment:

beeinstitches said...

Quite THE week! Glad the boat was well and hope that Dante learned a lesson, although I think it might just be the beginning of a new foray! Upstairs space looks wonderful. You'll soon have another Studios magazine to peruse for more ideas!