After a long flight and a change of planes at Athens, we have finally arrived in Corfu. Tim Chevallier travelled out with us. Bruce Marais, the chef, got here from London yesterday. He spent the night in a pension as the boat was somewhere on the high seas. We were worried all day today having heard nothing from Captain Tim although we know he often forgets to text or call to say he has left and so it was today. No news usually means he is outside the mobile telephone coverage area and so unable to call.

After a delicious dinner, we all went to bed leaving the post mortem until tomorrow. I am interested to know when the boat left and from where. Alex, the steward, suggested that the crossing took 25 hours – I find that rather hard to believe unless she was slowed down by bad weather or engine trouble. 25 Hours at 10 knots implies a journey of 250 miles and I don’t think she sailed that far?

I have already been informed that she had a problem with the hydraulics for the steering and that an engineer has been on board and a spare part has been ordered from Athens. If anything else goes wrong with this boat, the owners say they plan to take her out to sea and pull the plug.

Tomorrow, we plan to get up late and have a day of rest, planning and unpacking. The Johns family has asked us to dinner in the evening and we don’t plan to film at all tomorrow. Anyway the weather is overcast and stormy. We do hope the spare part for the steering hydraulics arrives and gets fitted tomorrow. The owners of the spectacular seaside villa where we hope to shoot in a day or two have been in touch to say they aren’t happy with our third-party insurance cover – another glitch to be sorted tomorrow.