Morning
Today, I’ll work on the cabin reconstruction project after work. Back-to-back conference calls, each exceeding an hour, started my day. Luckily, I’ve still got my coffee to caffeinate myself with. The beans are running low, and I need to make it to Antigua before I run out of them. The coffee roastery there makes excellent bean.
The tank hasn’t leaked overnight, there’s just a bit of diesel seeping up from where it had been soaked during the leakage period. That means I’ll assemble the remaining aft cabin parts today and secure the hoses and ductwork with zip ties. I hope that the diesel smell hasn’t permeated into the clothes lockers. If so, I’ll have to do a major laundry run before leaving the dock. I’ve walked past 2 laundromats around the docks, which are open until late at night, so that shouldn’t be a problem.
Noon
I walked to the bakery to get a cheese sandwich made, and before I could ask for salad and some tomatoes, the lady behind the counter had already bagged it and proceeded to the next customer. So, I had to make do with some cheese on a baguette. Nothing else…
Back aboard, I ate my simple lunch and then used a nifty siphon device to transfer the last 20 litres of diesel into my tank so that I could return the rented canisters.
It feels quite hot today, so working belowdecks is going to be strenuous. I need to unblock the aft hatches to get some ventilation going, and by that time, most of the work will have been completed.
It is 16:30 now, and I’m signing out of the virtual office. The wind has picked up a bit, and there’s sufficient cloud cover, so it has cooled down significantly. I’ve fired up the stereo and am playing blues to accompany me while working on the aft cabin reconstruction project.
Happy Hour
I worked on trying to get the ductwork ordered and tied down while still allowing it to fit into the tight space. Then had to undo part of the work to get my hands into the tight space and tighten the 4 screws holding in the vertical piece of wood I’d removed. After sweating and swearing in equal amounts, I had that part assembled. One nasty side-effect was that the wooden floorboards now creaked horribly. I hope that this will soon go away as the wood learns its new shape.