OK, we’ve been goofing off for a while. Our trip home for the holidays was great but it’s nose to the grindstone time-well, at least for a week or two, then we’re heading to the South Island for some more touring. Ann has booked the Otago Bike Trail Tour. Something like four days and a hundred miles or so on mountain bikes. Lots of world class fly fishing along the way too! More about it later as plans firm up.

In the mean time, today’s projects included sending both anchors and all our anchor chain out to be regalvanized. The coral up in Fiji rubs all the protective coating off the iron chain and it rusts.

Here's one of rusty anchors waiting to be removed.

The other project today was shortening the whisker pole. It is actually a spinnaker pole and too long to use to wing out the jibs. So I cut three feet off so it will be a better size. Since the pole was tapered, I also had to “shim” the fitting a bit with some fiberglass.

Adding fiberglass to the fitting.

Ann is working on our boat inventory as well as starting on the hull waxing and doing laundry. Not as much “fun” as my projets, but essential nonetheless.

It's Charisma time, but spreadsheets must also be updated!