Today was a cracker day with clear skies and low 20's and I have been painting a variety of things, including hatches with Interdeck non-skid paint and the best news came with the arrival of our new Gori prop (From Denmark via Melbourne... go figure!). My new BFF James from Lowes Marine arrived at 1030 to fit prop to newly installed shaft and remote stern gland lubrication system I picked up in Dandenong! I managed to acquire some NZ invented 'Prop-speed' coating (special anti-foul) from a friend to apply to prop and shaft. Normally this has to applied by an "agent" for $200 but there are ways and means... Seemed a shame to cover up a nice shiny bronze/alloy work of art that way, but I've seen the boats which have had prop-speed applied lifted out with almost no growth on the props. So we shall see!
Barrington arrived back up mid-afternoon with a few more supplies including some meat for dinner courtesy of the delightful Ruby. I managed to pick up some fresh vegies from a lovely Maori couple who had brought a van-load of fruit and veges all the way down from Kaitaia - fresh corn cobs, Kumura and mandarins.
I spent the last couple of hours of daylight up and down a ladder scraping and sanding the teak rubbing strip that some 'Caravaners' had varnished - which then grew mould and peeled... knocked off at 5 and went down to our local, the Opua Cruising Club for a well-earned cold one.
Be really nice to be back in the water tomorrow - after a week on 'the hard' I miss the gentle rhythms of being afloat... One of the shots above shows my front door ladder with adjacent ablutions (used by all and sundry at all hours of day and night, with accompanying security light activation and door slams! Some things I won't miss.
Plan is to launch at 1030 and sea-trial new prop with James... watch this space!
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