What a day – John is thoroughly worn out by the crew! Charles was up and working by 0600. We removed the engine from the dinghy using the boom as a crane and what would normally take John a couple of hours was completed in 30 minutes  and we were quickly connecting a hose to the outboard, now mounted on the stern of Osprey and ran it on fresh water to clean out the cooling system. The outboard was then buttoned up for sea and by then Charles had hauled the dinghy up on the quay ready for cleaning. The cross stays on the davits were fixed and we then blanked off the Pan Pipes. These are 3/8 inch holes at 2 inch intervals on the 1 inch tubes that support the solar panels. These holes are for the securing pins which allow the panels to be adjusted about the horizontal axis so they get the maximum sun. Whilst at sea the wind plays a constant tune which is close to “we are the champions”, and as it is perfectly repetitive can become annoying. Charles obviously remembered this from his last trip on Osprey and quickly blanked of the holes with rigging tape. We then moved on to the after lockers in the cockpit – removed the Storm drogue which John did not think was possible, and certainly isn’t as a one man exercise – it is a bag with 700ft of two inch line in it. We then rigged it ready for deployment on the wharf and re-stowed it in its bag. Various maintenance was done in the after locker and we rigged the emergency steering tiller and it was a relief to see that the tiller arm cleared the new Bimini upright. The drogue was then re-stowed and we went to the lower level of the lazarette checked all the systems and fastenings and run up the hydraulic systems which proved out OK. We had finished a days work by 0900 and Charles was already moving to the next job. To make matter worse Kuki has now really acclimatised and taken over the boat with a vengeance. The galley and all the stowage has been reorganised – coffee, tea and food appear at regular intervals and generally speaking the rest of the crew seem to be expected to stay on deck out of the way. By 1130 we had finished the work on the stern and lower after end of the boat and Kuki was ready to go and do the shop in Jolly Harbour. We went there via St Johns were we picked up some diesel jerry cans – we have decided we will carry a few on deck as back up – and then to Jolly where we had lunch on the waterfront before attacking the supermarket. Kuki marshalled her forces at the supermarket but only maintained control for about 20 minutes – anyway we ended up with two trolley loads. Fortunately we had been able to borrow a cool box which held the freezer food on the 45 minute trip back to the boat. Kuki was surprised at how the boat swallowed up the stores but was again firmly in control having stamped her foot as soon as John and Charles started to put things away. Now only Kuki knows where anything is! We were all done by 1700 and we had accomplished a level of work not seem before with two whirlwinds of activity on board. We had some more good news this morning as Kuki gave the local airline hell on the telephone and Charles baggage was delivered just before we set off for Jolly Harbour – amazing by Caribbean standards. We have only the fresh vegetables to get later in the week as we will leave it until the last moment and tomorrow we are hoping for a calm wind morning so we can get up the mast – Charles was happy to do it this evening but John decided that clear heads were needed as we need to rappel down the stays and check the connections and fastenings. Kuki is preparing dinner on board tonight so we are all going to be spoilt again – provided we do as we are told!