..after the landing
Timeless
Mon 27 Jan 2014 23:59
27th January, 2014
St Lucia
Lots of
jobs to do over the next few days with a little playtime thrown in.
Unfortunately
John had to pop back to Toronto for a few days (pesky real life keeps getting in
the way of playtime!). Almost as soon as we had landed and had checked in with
immigration John was surfing the internet for flights back to Toronto for the
next day. ..leaving Les, Cathy, Bob and Bob to play in the sun and
explore St Lucia.
By mid-
morning of the 24th John was leaving for the airport.
This of
course left the rest of the guys to help sort out the myriad of little jobs that
needed to be looked – no time to play yet!
We needed
to sort out..
- The loud
hailer halfway up the mast that had come free from it’s mounting half way across
the Atlantic and temporarily lassoed with halyards.
- The
shackle on the spinnaker uplift halyard that had failed twice!
- Repair
the vertical baton that had broken in the mail sail.
- Fix the
genoa furling with the loose screw that had stopped the genoa from
unfurling.
- Fix the
pin on the jib forestay that kept trying to work loose and cut the split pin in
two.
- Fix the
gooseneck for the pole which kept stressing the split pins from being assembled
incorrectly.
- Figure
out why the watermaker didn’t start FIRST TIME every time.
- Wash the
boat down.
- Polish
the boat.
- Arrange
to lift the boat and check the prop that didn’t seem to be opening
smoothly.
- Arrange
for new anodes to be fitted.
- Laundry,
washing and cleaning of the internal parts of the boat.
...plus few
more things that I can’t remember at the time of writing!
hmmm... be
a while before the crew can go out to play!
But play
time did arrive.
Most of the
jobs have now been sorted and the guys explored the island, the rain forest and
a few bars and restaurants.
By Monday
morning it was time to pack for more flights back to Canada and leave Les on her
own for some well deserved downtime for a few days before John gets back to the
boat.
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