Visitors

You just never know who is going to arrive here in Morlaix. Just the other day we heard an American accent and thought Dutch and Brenda who bought our old Falmouth Pilot had arrived early but no. In came a 30ft sailing yacht from Champaign Illinois USA.
So we have now made friends with the owner Jim a lovely character. He shows all the signs of a man who has been places and knows how to save money. He saw a pair of riggers boots in a shop for a good price and bought them as they were a 1/4 of the price of yachting boots. But the next day we saw Jim with a hacksaw and an angle grinder. I know, you shouldn't ask but I had to. What are you up to Jim. Well Jims says the soles and heels stick out too much and I catch my boots on all the deck fittings so I am cutting off all the surplus and then grinding it back to get a good finnish. Where have all the people that used to think like this gone. Today it is too easy for people to just pass over the bucks and get what the chandlers want us to buy.
Good on you Jim.