Work work and Fun!

Sun. June 5, 2016

Here we are a week and a bit later. The boat is still up on the hard and much better for it. Sally started the mold removal process a way up in the anchor locker. It’s not really an anchor locker because there is no access from the deck but it is at the pointy end of the boat so there you go. She scrubbed and she scrubbed and made the locker clean and we refilled it with a tarp that was not so clean. She then continued to a v berth so black and when she was done it was pristine and no mold to be seen.

I in the meantime a boot I installed around a mast that was so tall from there to the bilges I did go and installed a new pump that might stall the inflo Then I descended into the pit and reinstalled the furnace of hell to make sure the weather stayed well.  (So far so good) The main salon was next and continued we did until it was renewed.  Next was the quarter berth so dark that cleaning it wasn’t a lark but persevere we did until it was so bright that glasses dark were needed. Leaving only the galley,sole and. deck to be completed. 

We worked hard for a couple of days and then took a break and went sailing out to the Saltees (not the crackers) to see the birds with Carol and John. It was a test to see if sally and I qualified to race on the coming Sunday. I guess we did as we raced yesterday and successfully defended Uncle Johns win of last year! Two in a row now.

Interesting race as everyone starts at a different time so that everyone should finish at the same time. We were the 4^th to start and by the first mark we had just about caught up to the first 4 boats and had left the rest of the fleet far behind. At this point they shortened the course as very very little wind. We rounded the mark inside 4 of the other boats and then in short order passed all them to! A great day on the water and the prize for first is a painting of Kilmore quay that the winner gets to put a brass name plate on and hang on his/her wall for the year..