Time to go all-in for the winter preparations. I start by washing the boat thoroughly to get rid of the salt and then start removing everything to clean it from salt. It takes its time but the weather is nice so with an audio book – this is a very nice day. Feels good to get the boat clean and tidy before the winter. Normally – I remove almost everything from the boat and store it in a dry spot. This year, everything will stay aboard.

Cleaning Melody

At the afternoon, Mr Picot from Lagoon visit me and we have a nice chat on a repair on Melody that they should do but also on sailing and Lagoon in particular. It feels good to leave Melody in good hands over the winter – the factory and the third party company SAS that normally finish the boats.
I finish the cleaning and go to the beach. To get to the beach, I need to take the small shuttle ferry. This is an electrical ferry and runs back and forth all day.

Taking the electric ferry to the beach

I find a good restaurant down by the beach and decide to take a slow dinner. The tide is still high but going out and the sun is coming down. The sunsets are amazing and you can see the sun fall down over the town at the end of the beach.

The beach from my restaurant

The sun sets

After the dinner I have a slow walk through the outgoing tide with the sun still glowing over the town. This is one of the moments that you really will value afterwards. I get a good feeling the warm water, soft sand and still a warm breeze blowing. I walk back to the boat barefoot and enjoy the evening before I put myself to sleep with some nice music in my ears and peace in mind. Another great day comes to end.

Nice evening light

Walking on soft sand in warm water

The beach going south