It’s Monday here in New Zealand, which means (I hope) our last week on the hard.  We’ll see.

Today’s big event-Orcinius is back!!  Yay!  Nice to have John and Lisa back in town.  Had dinner with them tonight.  So nice to get back together.

My workbench.

Sanding the plywood backing before adding the primer coat.

The other events of the day include:  Ann started polishing the cabin.  She noted that it’s not fair that her one main project takes two weeks to finish.  So noted.  Well, she also has another job.  Painting the bowsprit.  Did I mention Ann hates painting?  I think I’m going to owe her when this is over….

Bob progressed on the lazarette hatches by priming the new plywood backing and repairing several of the lines of caulk that we cracking on the teak side.  He also replaced the dreaded raw water pump impeller.  Another bummer job.  This should be soooo easy, but the access is by taking apart the quarter berth and the trying to reach an unreachable area behind the alternator and in front of the starter motor.  We have an impeller puller, but it won’t fit in the space.  So and hour and a half of swearing, sweating and general misery later the damn thing finally came out (with the help of a screwdriver used as a pry bar).  But, stuff is being checked off the list.

Tomorrow…more work.