The air was cool but the sun was bright and promising of warmer days to come. We made it to Gypsy by late morning and we were enlivened by our careful and productive shopping expedition. The port water tank had been the subject of our attention last week and Dan had refurbished one of the metal bars that secured the water tank in place; he reassembled the hoses and electrical lines and was able to close up that project. I am good at cleaning and found myself removing all the sawdust and small debris from our demolition of the forward head. Dan began to tackle cleaning the Max-Prop and armed with the information he had researched he had a plan for greasing the inner gears. The angle of the prop was set and accurate so we did not want to tamper with that. I had found a discarded dock locker that I suggested we salvage for use when we live aboard later this summer. I became the subject of teasing that if our cruising life did not work out I would make a good bag lady. I can tell you that I am not embarrassed to recycle usable items. It may have been with a bit of reluctance that Dan suggested we might move that locker over under Gypsy to serve as an “operating table” for the removal of the outer cover of the prop in order not to disturb the alignment as he applied the grease! And I think the locker may make it to our slip…We have a good time interspersing sweet moments with our work and we sat in the sun at the water’s edge and shared our lunch from our favorite market. Our drive back and forth to the boatyard have afforded us almost enough time to complete the
current book that we are reading to each other.
Sunday dawned rainy and cold. Careful evaluation of tasks at hand allowed us to stay at home and assemble the new ground tackle. Dan spliced the rope to the chain; I learned to whip the end of the line. Another check on our long list…
