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| The lovely Linda shows the finished product: a fitted mosquito net cover for our companion way. |
This is her brilliant (hubby) assistant and designer, Tim.
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| Clark's Court Bay with Tim & Linda's 54'Matsu, 1st on the right. |
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| Finding a Gabriola Island, Canada homeboy with his British bride aboard his tug, Flying Buzzard. |
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| Julie & Mike (Homeboy) with singer and right hand mate. Full Moon Party at Roger's Beach Bar. |
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The Art of Varnishing:
Tape along gel coat and edge of toe rail. Sand with 80 Grit and then with 220. Layer with thin coats of varnish and thin with thinner in the tropics if required or when varnishing in the heat of the day. Apply coats when varnish is still a bit sticky (about 2 hours between coats). If left to dry overnight, sand lightly, wipe with a dry cloth and continue so that there are at least 5 coats of varnish. Some recommend up to 12 coats. Take off tape as soon as it is just dry enough to do so.
Our swim deck and ladder get alot of abuse and we think that lasts a bit longer. It virtually looks the same and Wade is considering using it on everything should we strip the teak completely one day and start again. I am, personally, a big fan of natural teak allowing it to turn grey as it is silky to the touch and less work although it must be washed more often. |
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| As the varnish dries we have our Tuesday aft. volleyball games. |
HOT WATER POWERED BY SOLAR RESERVE
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We take pride in our ambundant supply of solar power. We have not yet met a boat that has as much solar power as we do with 1400 watts of power from the sun. (See Solar Panel Installation in our Miami blog).
Since we fill the batteries on sunny days by 11:00 a.m. and had a waste of solar input Wade bought a 12 volt hot water heater element and switched it out so that we have hot water everyday and not just after running the motor. We never use our new generator now, but it is good to know it is there just in case! |
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Hot water from my new spray faucet. A beautiful thing!
HASH AT LA SAGESSE
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Jack (Mekeia) and Kevin (El Vagabundo)
NOT Mambi Pamby's but actually Hard Core Hashers! |
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| Mike (Zero to Cruising) ran the Marothon Hash. It was a Killer and NOT MambyPamby. |
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| Dave and Donna (Merlin) split up with Donna leading our 3 mile Hash and Dave off on the 7 mile trail. |
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| Starting out at La Sagesse Beach |
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| The After Hash Stag |
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| After all the activity we get to stay cool in our new floaty. It even has a cooler! |
Brazilian McCaw
....And this is why they call Grenada, SPICE ISLAND!! |
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