26 June 2008
Hilary's Blog - 26 June 2008
Today I woke up to a message on my phone telling me that a friend of mine from Oxford was going to pay us a visit along with her two children, the eldest of whom, Ewan, was my first Godchild. I hadn't seen Claire and the family in almost two years, so it was an immediate lift.
Simon Rogers appeared to check that his repair of the night before had, in fact, gone as well as we all knew it had, but it was still great to see the carrier bag (which had been put there to protect it from the dew) come off. He seemed happy enough with his handywork, and I was certainly hugely relieved to see that everything looked as beautiful as it had done the night before.
We were treated to breakfast by Melvin this morning in the cafe up the road, so the whole crew were already feeling spoilt and ready to get stuck back in to work after a few tiring days. All that was left to do on the Arty was to paint the repair black. I felt incredibly guilty as Toby and Mike got on with painting Arty and then setting up the new boom whilst I spent the day with my friends and did my best to lead my Godson astray!
Sorting out the boom is not a straightforward job as my mainsheet must be the only one in the world that uses shot cord (bungee). Since all the rigging was down it was also a chance to wire up my Raymarine wind instruments. I'm now looking forward to seeing the whole rig up and working and am praying that the wind drops a little - we still have 5-6, occasionally 7 - so that we can complete the leg from Bramble Bank to here and then get ready for the long trip to Portland.
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