Rigging check day.
Brian, a local rigger went up the mast for a check and to oil the halyard sheaves. He pronounced everything in "excellent shape".
Down below, Ann is working on one of her most disliked tasks. Vacuum sealing food for the voyage. This is a very convenient way to have portion-sized food easy to access with reduced volume and packaging. It also protects the food from spoilage. It’s very tedious though and the packing machine is temperamental.
Portion size, freshness and reduced volume.
A few of the packages showing sizes and bay leaves inside, which are purported to keep bugs at bay (no pun intended).
On the boat work front, progress is still being made. I’m on the last coat of epoxy to fill the wood rot, then will varnish tomorrow.
The patch getting fitted (as seen in a previous post).
Patch in place and coated with a final coat of epoxy. The hardest part has been lack of proper woodworking tools.