Procrastinate at your peril
1 December
Time: 0830
Position: At anchor, Gibraltar Harbour.
Well this is it. After protracted repairs the engine is in working order, the wind is set fair, the sea is calm, the oceans of the world await. One final day to check things over again and go tomorrow. And I’ll nip over to the chandlers in the inflatable to get an extra gas bottle just to be on the safe side.
Time: 1000
Disaster! Inflatable was secured by rope to the coachroof,
