Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Splice

It realy has been too choppy to do much, yes it has...

However, last night I did my first splicing.  I can only assume nylon rope is not the ideal type to learn with, results below:


The picture also shows I have sanded one panel ready for varnish.

Other excuses for slow progress are; every time I start a job at some point I meet the wiring and it makes me wince;


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Or wonder if something is not quite right:



In other news.  I have had my first stay aboard guest.  So have shared a bottle of wine on the patio with the moon reflecting on sea and the stoic rock for a backdrop.
My guest had a visit to ATC and a trip to the flag, you can't get that through Thompsons....  She left with a bag of powder procured from an old man in the back streets of La Linea. It was purely for culenary purposes..... 

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Windy




 


Lots of bobbing about slowing boat work to a stand still.  Not that anything is 'still' at the moment....
It has taken a while to upload this video so it does not represent the current situation.