The work continues. The fiberglass hull repair work is all done, thank goodness it is the nastiest,grinding and working with epoxy resigns and all. The painting of the hull is complete. We are hoping to launch on Wednesday, if we don’t there will not be another window to launch for another week. The salon floor replacement is the main hold up now. The floor got wet from a slow leak in the water line that got under a part of the floor and rotted it out. The guy we hired to do it is a perfectionist and as a result he is taking a long time to do the job, but the job is being done right.

We are starting to clean up the mess from all the work we have done and what a mess it is. So we are picking everything up putting it away and washing the boat from top to bottom. The last step in the process will be putting on the anti fouling bottom paint. So today I am taking off and letting Mike and Marnie do the cleaning. I need some time away from the boat. I have been working on it for 17 days straight.

So my first stop was a restraunt to have coffee and pastries. We have to start the day off right, don’t we? My next stop was the Parihaka Lookout. From there you can see all of the Whangarei valley all the way to the ocean 10 miles away. I then went to see the Whangarei water falls. They are about 200 ft high. In addition I took a walk along the river for a hour or so. I love looking at trees and they have such a variety here with some very large (4′ diameter). If you were with me you would often see me hugging trees.

I am at this moment sitting in an outdoor cafe to eat lunch and then I will go over to the Internet cafe to send this. Hopefully we are back in the water the next time I write.

The adventure continues

Love Gary