It’s been a Bank Holiday here as in Europe though it has not made much difference to the activity around the docks. Three more boats departed today and the Cat Club is starting to look a bit bare. It will however leave us plenty of room to berth with our stern out when we leave the dry dock. This will enable us to rig the davits and secure the stern of the boat ready for sea which is impossible when we are berthed with our stern up against the quay. We spent the day going through all the lockers starting from for’d and working aft. The name of the game was a) to tidy them up and b) make more space. To make the space we got rid of a lot of bits and pieces and had a car boot sale on the dock as we were doing it.  The result is quite satisfying and we are now reasonably tidy. The biggest problem was getting John’s clothes condensed sufficiently to accommodate Kuki when she arrives on Thursday. For a while we had our dog bowls out in the cockpit which caused a number of questions from passers by – only the real sailors appreciated what they were for and that we did not have a menagerie on board. Once we get back from the dock we will still have to re-arrange the sails – we will stow the small genoa in the for’d lockers and bring the spinnaker from there to the ready use lockers aft. The Staysail will be permanently mounted on the cutter stay with its bag clipped to the base of the stay ready to receive it when not in use. We still have to rig the spinnaker pole but at worst we can do that at sea s if it is going to be used the weather will be calm and we will be searching for wind. The boat is pretty much ready for the move to the dock with tanks balanced so we lift evenly, the dinghy has been moved to and locked alongside the marina office and we have the hoses rigged for’d in an attempt to clean the anchor cable which has been sitting on the bottom for 6 weeks. This will not work but we will drop it straight onto the dock once we are lifted out and pressure wash it along with the anchor locker. We are all hoping that there will not be too much wind in the morning as the dock entrance is at right angles to the wind and requires a lot of power to get the boat into the slot. The concrete walls tend to be a little unforgiving!