Pius, a special floating house

 The 20th of April 2021 We leave Tunisia 🇹🇳 after 7 month stay full of joy. The crossing has been pretty fast but not comfortable with a wrong wind force and direction forecast. We had 22kts from 100° of TWA that means 70° AWA ! In Trapani we hauled Pius for a major refit to : - all seacocks, valves and hoses - Webasto and Air conditioning systems - new Plotter touch screen and Sonar device - new solar panels and regulators - new life raft Viking Changing all all seacocks, valves and hoses has been a big job...almost 14 seacocks after 15 yrs were completely corroded, hoses clogged. For the new seacocks and valves, no compromise... Bronze ONLY  with INOX handles from Guidi! New solar panels from Solbian mod.SR186L (186Wh each) to install on my personal design tilting frame made by Walid in Tunisia ;) Air conditioning/Heating and watermaker pumps as new. Ready for a light hull sanding and 2 layers of  antifouling.... the exceptional  "Boero Admiral 933 Plus". After 2...

  A mild winter aboard of Pius full of experiences, friends a new school for Emma and much Tunisian folks. Here’s just a selection of our souvenirs. The Tunisian blue! The famous cat colony in Port El Kantaoui Port.... where our Mustafina and Cino were born The first that we found is Mustafina on Dec 10th then leonCino  on Jan 14th 24hrs. of fight...then Together Forever Full moon in Port El Kantaoui The new Emma's International French school in Hammam Sousse. She is so happy! El Jem, the best preserved Arena outside Italy our most loved car: Peugeot 404 ...and the most loved bike: Peugeot  103    Local transport    Pius crew in the dune sea The roman fortress in the middle of the Grand Erg oriental The old Medina in Sousse The  Tabouna  bread so nice people  and a world of colors  The canyon in Mides The DarHi in Nefta the Star Wars village $ We will miss so much Tunisia and their people...