I wish I had a younger back - or at least a replacement for this one that seemed to have some obedience issues tonight when called on to bend down to put shorts on...
Still, I'm pleased with the result and, hopefully. it will be another 5 years before further remedial therapy is required ( for the deck, not my back!). I had some critics come and check it over and the general consensus seemed positive!
Meanwhile the beef and apricot curry is simmering ready for my now normal dining hour of 9 pm...
Webb Chiles, who at age 72 sailed out here from the States in a Moore 24 ft yacht has flown back home for a few months after his marathon 6 month effort and posted about our meeting on his blog last week... All sorts of cruisers arrived en mass this week from Tonga/Samoa/Fiji,including this interesting catamaran with its load of bronzed and bearded hardy souls...
Most of the rest of them are monster boats 45-60ft, but good old Bert arrived yesterday in his little Contessa26 'Bika'. I heard the rapid revving off an ineffective outboard as another victim of the notorious Opua tidal flow underestimated its effect - fortunately the wooden pole took most of the blow before the bow of Bike bounced off the neighbours stern mounted inflatable ...Turns out the old coot just bought the boat in Fiji because his partner (Fijian) fell in love with it, so he sailed it back to NZ for her! In one of my sleepless moments last night I did some research and found out about Bika's history. These little boats are quite seaworthy and have been all over the world. This one was the home of a Norwegian couple who invested heavily in preparing her for offshore sailing - the tale of their journey is fascinating. Bert picked her up "for a song" so he's done well, I reckon.
Rain is expected tonight and the rest of the week is a series of fronts rolling through - still, the best three days for painting have been had. It was 28.5 today and a cracker!!! SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT SAILING!!!!!!
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