In July, I fell from the Dinghy (blog post 7/18/10) and my computer has been on its last leg. After this mishap, plans were to leave the next day for a 3 day passage to Sicily from the Peloponnese. Soon, two new crew would join us. Timing was crucial. So I put out a plea to two people... could I have help? So, between Florida and Kansas, a dear* friend and my sister hustled to get a new computer ordered, the final download of Office Works loaded and then it shipped to Washington, DC to be packed and brought to us with The Captain's friends joining us to crew. But it didn't arrive on the AIR BERLIN flight (blog post 8/9/10) ending in Catalonia, Sicily from DC via Dusseldorf. For the next 10 days there was a chain of frustrating phone calls for Theo and Jen (new crew) to try to track the luggage down and make a plan for delivery to a moving boat. Finally, a real person promised to ship it to Mahon, Minorca. I waited patiently, so did The Captain, anxious for some important boat parts.Finally, we arrived in Minorca and Theo and Jen spent the first half day at the airport only to open the suitcase and find no computer and no voltage meter for the Captain. Air Filters and Ibuprofen made it. Washington DC security DID check inside the bag and left the Homeland Security tag. But, suspiciously the robber had no use for an American electrical cord. Taking only the transponder cord and computer...knowing Europe has a different electric system, this clears DC I think!
Besides advising everyone not to fly Air Berlin, I am left with nothing but the anger at the aviation industry that is suppose to be screening their employees more than any other. And, feeling really bad for the work that went into this project. Thank you Scott, Ruth, Theo, Jen and The Captain.
As far as another computer, it looks like I'll need to wait until Gibraltar in October.
God must be determined to teach me patience.
*friend to the 5th power.
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