Friday, December 24, 2010
The first picture is not, as one might expect, from the BVI but was taken by a friend of mine today and e-mailed to me. Little did he know that this snapshot did not fill me with envy (smirk). I lazed around the boat before noon and then decided to start work on polishing the stainless using both Nevr-Dull and some new rust remover (which really did work quite well). The whole bimini and cockpit area is now glittering with polished steel, plus I cleaned some of the fibreglass and generally put the topsides in order. This took a lot longer than I expected, but each time I was too hot and sweaty I’d just jump overboard for a swim to cool off. I had to re-anchor as the shifting winds had put me very close to another boat (which was there first, so it was my responsibility to move) and luckily I did this early, since the anchorage filled up quite quickly by mid-afternoon. I’ve been invited to a Christmas party at Leverick Bay this evening so will shower & shave and be on my best behaviour when I head over there at 18:30, camera in plastic baggie in backpack. The party at Leverick was a great success, the buffet dinner was excellent and my first run at the buffet filled my plate with various salads; I think my body was telling me something about what I’d not been eating in the past days. After I’d had my share of rabbit food I went back to the trough and had some excellent ribs and roasted pork with BBQ Sauce and, after being goaded by my server, did a third run on the food. Fully sated, I joined Nick and Monika at the bar and watched the Jumbies entertain the crowd for a bit, then the band did a good job of keeping everyone happy. I read this morning that there was an earthquake at 5 on the Richter scale around 8pm, but neither I nor anyone in the crowd seemed to notice a thing. I would attribute that to the amount of alcohol flowing.
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