SCRUBBING AND POLISHING
Aquila
Alan and Sarah Bennett
Sun 18 May 2008 22:04
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A good night was had by all yesterday; Sebastian
awoke early still on UK time and made use of the superb facilities at the club
and Daddy did some wifi before breakfast.
After breakfast the crew had a safety briefing from
the skipper. Lifejackets were fitted and equipped with safety torches and we
discussed Man Overboard drills and how to use flares and the liferaft etc -
here's hoping it's money spent on equipment we don't need to use!
Richard very kindly brought our dried washing back
for us and then Daddy, Mummy and Pippa set off with a very helpful taxi driver
to a West Marine store to buy some seaboots for Thomas/Sebastian/Pippa - nothing
worse than having cold, wet feet in the middle of the night. Our next stop was
to do another food shop so Aquila is now loaded up with fresh produce for
Bermuda.
A light lunch was had before Daddy, Sebastian and
Pippa did some deck scrubbing. While in Deale the dirt in the rain gets worked
into the teake and makes it look dull and grey - after a load of Fairy Liquid, a
lot of elbow grease (and unwarranted drenchings from Sebastian with the hose!)
we got them looking much better.
Our next phase was to rinse a load of warps that
weren't drying properly because they were covered in salt water so we made use
of the freshwater hose to do that, then we had a look at whether we could clean
the hull. After experimenting with white vinegar (not successful!) we used some
'stuff' that Daddy had - did a brilliant job though the starboard side needs a
bit more attention as we can't reach it easily; maybe a job for
Bermuda.
The weather's pretty rotten at the moment - windy
and raining but hopefully it will pass by tomorrow and it will be full steam
ahead...
The crew hard at work...
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