After taking the dinghy and therefore the outboard for a spin last night...and successfully!!! we felt at peace finally knowing that things worked, and well. The evening was still warm, so we retreated yet again into the airconditioned comfort of the salon.
I have been reading a gruesome John Grisham novel which is set in Texas, "The Confession". Was compelling enough that when Waz decided to take a nap at 8.30pm, I was reading then, and at 10.30pm when it was time to go to bed...I was finishing the last pages. Time to start a new one:)
We had received new yesterday that the Eisenglas fellas would be back to fit the last of the glass on the flydeck. This is the last of the big stuff to be done (and the most expensive), but we have almost a waterproof fly deck. It rained, as I said, on Monday and this tested the new glass on the front. It wasnt the new glass that let us down, but leaks through the older bimini (top). We need to ask these guys what to do to seal those seams.
Rodney and his gang from Boat Fashions came this morning at 10am, just as I was on the back deck sewing again.
They installed the back glass and went away again to wait for Rodney, the boss, to come and inspect etc.
Rodney just left. He isnt happy with the starboard corner, so that was removed to be redone. Because this is such an expensive item, it must be right or we dont pay!
I have to say here, that it is a hugely complex thing to do on a boat this size. I watched them make the templates for the back section which has just been installed. Fascinating!
So, here are the first photos of the back of the flydeck, now covered in...
The white part around the bottom is designed to give us some small amount of privacy. We had the option of more, but being good kiwis, we wanted as much a feeling of space as we could get.
The rolled up portion is a 'door'. The part on the right is the one they just took away again. He said he will be back on Monday to refit it, give us instructions for the up keep of the glass and to fit the fly screens. Yayaya!
If we dont keep some of the windows open, it is like an oven up there! I know we will appreciate this in winter, but not right now. It is like a sauna right now, lol.
Im going back outside to install the curtains across the back where the flag is situated..this keeps the worst of the after noon sun off the back of the boat, and we struggle less with the aircon as a result.
Still too hot to sit out there and the glare is harsh.
See you tomorrow!
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