Oh thanks
coffee my darling
Alright, so since Riley's solo sail, we have been here in Marina De Valeta
Just chillin catching up on some work
The main town is just over in here to the hub
It's where all the museums the restaurants it's want to go and hang out, so this is a really cool little marina to
Sautee into there. It really is.. Sautee?
im not sure
It really is just a walk away and like
Riley's the history nerd and I've found myself just absolutely blown away like we are next to a fort
There is a fort just outside it can be annoying in Europe like going from Marina to Marina to Marina
But when you are surrounded by the most insane history in the entire universe yeah, that's pretty cool
Yea so Elayna and I are solo now, Troyer has done his tour of duty
He was a fantastic help for us around the Mediterranean, but I think he's gonna do his own thing
He's looking at buying a boat or.. he's got quite a few ideas so yeah, the interested to see how he goes
But he was a fantastic help
He taught us so much
And you know we taught him how to sail and it was just a really good experience overall and we love you Daniel
Thank you so much for your help. Honestly. We are off to Africa... yes
whats that song?
...the rains down in africa
yeah, can you cover that?yeah i should shouldn't i
Yeah, yeah
We're going to Africa. We're super-excited
firstly Malta yes
I could spend a very very long time in Malta.. two things that we're gonna do while we're here is I bumped into a young
Girl by the name of Justine or Justina who's a Polish girl who bought a boat for one euro
And she's gonna refit the entire thing herself, so we're gonna go and hang out with her a bit. Hopefully help
If we can yeah, I really want to go scuba diving while we're here
I heard about wreck its massive apparently there was an explosion in the middle of it, and they sunk it
And yeah, it's just perfectly laying on the bottom
So there's like is world-class diving here world-class wreck diving in Malta. So that's what's up
The next day the dive Center picked us up from the marina and we headed into their shop to grab some gear
Then we drove to the other side of the island where the shipwreck was
Today we'd be exploring the remains of the
115 metre long arm alpha rod lying on the ocean floor at about 35 meters
Deep due to its size and depths we'd only get to see the front half according to our camera-shy dive guide mark oh
Yeah come on
But you know
want some help?
The Am Al farad was built in 1969 in England and used to carry fuel between Italy and Libya in
1995 she was docked in Malta when an explosion occurred in the center tank nine people unfortunately lost their lives
She was considered a write-off due to structural
Damage and sat in the harbor of Valletta for three years until they decided she would be better off under the surface as an artificial
Reef so they towed her around here and laid her to rest
We found the middle section where the ship was separated either due to the explosion or from how it was sunk or both
I'm not too sure
we got to go inside and explore multiple levels of the ship keeping an eye out for any sharp bits or loose objects I
I get this indescribable feeling every time I'm exploring an unoccupied or historical place that humans once used to wander
Occasionally barracuda and squid are seen around here, but we weren't so lucky today
Marco, the eel bit me...
No, see, no, ah come on!
i tripped over
i cut my foot the other day, i was drinking
Marco drove us back to town stopping off at a few of his favorite sites on the way then off
We went to catch up with 22-year old polish legend Justina
Where are we
thats a good question, in a quarry
We're in a quarry
She was taking us to see her sailboat wanita that she purchased for a euro. yes, that is 1 euro
Prior to the purchase Wanita had been in the water in a marina here in Malta
But Justina got her hauled out and put somewhere cheaper for the future refit in the middle of the island in a quarry
Everything is rusty
That's a really proper lock
aint no one breaking into that
no one For sure
oh My gosh cute
I think I'm more lucky than
It's all about that. I would say
Why?
It's not a really common story together boat for one euro
But if you wouldn't try then obviously you wouldn't get it so it's you need to try but
And how did you get the boat to one euro? So I've just seen an announcement on the net that there is a guy who
owns quite old boat, and he wants to sell it but
It was like it was written like he wants to sell it to the person who is young and who have a dream
Universities not the
thing I wanted to do and I've seen this announcement and I sent an email to the guy
It seems like I am quite right person so if I want to see the boat and talk about the ties
Then I need to go to Malta
So it was like in winter mmm and the flight from Poland to Malta
Extremely cheap like I paid like 20 euro so I had nothing to lose. I was really impressed
I didn't expect that the boat will be in this condition cause it's quite old boat, she was built in 1971
So it's pretty old and she's really well kept so I was expecting something more like a wreck
me too
No
so I was really surprised and the owner and his wife had such a lovely couple and
They just asked me
What I can offer like what kind of price I can offer them because they didn't want to tell me the price
but at this moment I had no savings at all mhm so I just said that right now I
Cannot offer you anything which would be sufficient for this kind of boat for this size for this condition of the boat
so
She told me
It doesn't matter since I heard the right person and let's make a deal. I will give you this boat for 1 euro
I started crying
I bet
We were sitting like on the table having a dinner, and I started crying cuz I wouldn't expect something like that
I have goosebumps. I'm sorry. That's amazing. That's so nice of them. we signed we signed the contract and
then I
Flied back to Poland realise that I have a boat
And I have to change my life, so I
Left my university I moved to Malta I started to living on my boat because it was in the marina
And I was like working the random bar, and then I started working on boats they work and
Everything went really good, and I got this permanent job
And I can I'm able right now to save up money here
We come for the day to hopefully get our hands dirty and help Justine and with a job on board
But it turns out what she valued most about us coming along today, was just our advice
She asked us everything from very technical yachting stuff all the way through to just standard sailing destinations
We spoke for hours and tried to help her out as much as we could
And so Justina, this is a pretty
Like I I think this is a really huge
Undertaking, what did your parents say?
They didn't say that loud, but they weren't happy that they moved here obviously but
they think i am a bit crazy and insane but..
They might be right behind us sure yes
we will see
Maybe I will end up like old lady extremely creepy living alone on my boat who knows with a lot of cats
still in the quarry
No, I really don't think so. how many years, do you think it would take you?
to Be able to sail on my boat?
I
would say like reasonable
Two years it's kind of big project cause do you need to?
Like when I'm changing the mast and I also have to change like all the deck design
All the winches everything like the first step to start this work is like to do
welding and sandblasting and
It's the first step, and I need to know everything about the later works
Because if I'm doing the welding I want to have prepared everything like for the Masts
i need to know exactly how the lines for the sails will be going on the deck
Like I obviously
Some people will have to help me because I have no idea yeah
Things, but I already realized how
Amazing and helpful people are..anyone that wants anyone have a aluminum mast. I would I would like to have it
so Aluminium mast, a place to put the boat..
Place to put the boat place to have it on the hard where She could work preferably someone with a bit of shade
general advice just general advice someone who can weld
Particularly Malta based my place at some point every hand will be helpful when I will actually start working here
Like painting, removing stuff stripping the inside
And we'll put your email contact details down there anyone would like to contact Justina
god im feeling really weird, seriously
Join us next week with new faces before we go against what everyone told us and sail over to Tunisia
With a new crew member and a few dramas on the way
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