30th April

Today was meant to be for final jobs before heading off. The dinghy was placed on the davits, instruments checked, and then I came to start the engines. Port engine started first time. However, starboard engine is dead as a Dodo. A quick phone call summoned David who had serviced the engines last year. The engine starting battery is dead and needs replacing. So it will be Monday at the earliest before it gets replaced. There's always something going wrong in a boat.