Happy new year.We're off to a quiet start to 2008. Still anchored in Falmouth Harbour in Antigua, still waiting for the repairs to be completed on Marjorie. When Randy checked a few days ago, she was half-way back to normal, so we're expecting to get her back in the next few days. We're also waiting for information on whether Ollie can make us a mast, or even get us materials for the mast, rudder and daggerboard.
In the meantime, we've been doing boat chores, which isn't as interesting as it sounds. Randy has nearly finished sanding the taffrail all round the stern, and two-thirds of it has a sealer coat of varnish. It's going to look some nice, and Randy will be spending scheduled chunks of his remaining years maintaining varnish, then sitting back with a rum drink and admiring his boat. And accepting compliments. I get to take some credit for that - I've been polishing brass and chrome. Who knew how satisfying that could be?
There was a new year's eve party, or old year's night, and we spent the evening on Lorriegray with Lorraine and Graham, Ann and Graham (Rasi), and surprise guests Paul and Denise on Vixen. They showed up the day before, after a lousy trip up from Deshaies. We knew that they were in Guadeloupe, and had sent them an email mid-December to say we were in Falmouth, but it's still a surprise to look up from your book and see old friends coming in to anchor in your neighbourhood. They've added to their family since we last saw them - they now have a cat, named Swab, that they picked up in Trinidad.
There was a good fireworks display at midnight over in English Harbour, and we could see them just fine from the deck of Lorriegray. Then champagne, kisses all round and we were in the bunk by 12:30. It'll be no surprise to any of our peeps to hear that that's the latest we've been up all year....
My butt is still numb from sitting around for ages finishing Don Quixote, and we're getting a bit shack-wacky sitting in one place for so long, so when the weather settles into something that looks and feels perfect for moving, we'll go exploring again. But for the next few days, the weather is fine for sanding and polishing.
In the meantime, we've been doing boat chores, which isn't as interesting as it sounds. Randy has nearly finished sanding the taffrail all round the stern, and two-thirds of it has a sealer coat of varnish. It's going to look some nice, and Randy will be spending scheduled chunks of his remaining years maintaining varnish, then sitting back with a rum drink and admiring his boat. And accepting compliments. I get to take some credit for that - I've been polishing brass and chrome. Who knew how satisfying that could be?
There was a new year's eve party, or old year's night, and we spent the evening on Lorriegray with Lorraine and Graham, Ann and Graham (Rasi), and surprise guests Paul and Denise on Vixen. They showed up the day before, after a lousy trip up from Deshaies. We knew that they were in Guadeloupe, and had sent them an email mid-December to say we were in Falmouth, but it's still a surprise to look up from your book and see old friends coming in to anchor in your neighbourhood. They've added to their family since we last saw them - they now have a cat, named Swab, that they picked up in Trinidad.
There was a good fireworks display at midnight over in English Harbour, and we could see them just fine from the deck of Lorriegray. Then champagne, kisses all round and we were in the bunk by 12:30. It'll be no surprise to any of our peeps to hear that that's the latest we've been up all year....
My butt is still numb from sitting around for ages finishing Don Quixote, and we're getting a bit shack-wacky sitting in one place for so long, so when the weather settles into something that looks and feels perfect for moving, we'll go exploring again. But for the next few days, the weather is fine for sanding and polishing.
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