Motorboat section at Marina bas du Fort
Motorboat section at Marina bas du Fort
Picture of Arnd

Arnd

2013 Trip 2013-04-10

Although I’d originally planned on leaving today, I got caught up in tasks and started the day too slowly in order to be able to leave on time; so I postponed my departure by another day and did some more tasks aboard the boat. Although there isn’t much to report, I did remember to pull out my camera and at least snap some shots so the blog wouldn’t be too empty.
I finally attacked the cockpit table cleaning project, but ended up doing just a minimal amount of work by using diluted dish washing soap to lift some of the dirt and grease from the tabletop and then used a very weak solution of oxalic acid to brighten the teak on the table. The result looks a lot better, but I think I will sand the table lightly and then apply varnish since the raw wood will always soak up grease and liquids when I use the table. I don’t know which varnish I’ll apply, but that project won’t be started until I’m in St. Martin in any case.
I went to dinner at the local Zoo Rock Cafe, joined by Bjorn, and we had the beef skewers which were quite tasty but a huge portion that I couldn’t quite finish (although I did my best and very close) but the heavy meal made me very tired yet I ended up not sleeping very well. I should have learned by now that moderation is a virtue.

My old hosting company, who will remain unnamed although their name starts with “go” and the end rhymes with “baddy”, changed their software with little notice and the original SV-ZANSHIN.COM site stopped working overnight. 

Every.  Single.  Page. 

 

So I’ve transitioned to another provider. These original pages have been migrated, but all the formatting and other features are gone and the will still contain numerous display issues and formatting anomalies. 

The manual effort of conversion is too much and not worth the effort involved. Over 1000 blog diary pages like this one are going to remain in this condition. The pictures are full-scale, but won’t expand when clicked. But you can can copy them to view them in their original splendour.