Saturday 6 May 2017

May 1 - 5, 2017 preparing for haul out


a nurse shark just swimming in the shallows


we met the Cheemaun, (Trimaran) 2 years ago on the ICW,
they are from Midland, Ontario


in the last blow of 41 knots we lost our wind direction indicator
we did bring a spare with us this year, but won't install it until we return in December


both sails are washed and off, Joe is cleaning and waxing the stern


we took some time out to visit the Albert William Lowe Museum




Mr. Lowe was also a boat builder








the museum talked about the fish industry, making sisal ropes, boat building etc.


a lot was on the Hurricane of 1932, that only left 3 building standing in New Plymouth


the kitchen was in a different building away from the main structure
there was a very large fire pit and a smaller one for baking (right)


we are in Black Sound on one of Donnys Mooring balls, to get the boat ready for haul out
there is another front coming and the place is getting packed, Donny wanted us to come to the dock, at the same price as a MB, so he can put much larger boats in our place
.. here he is moving a Catch into the dock




then he went to pull a power boat that went aground


and helped him get attached to one of his MB,  these power boats are close to 8 feet off the water
and it is difficult to grab the floating lines


we had a very quick T n L and rain storm, about one inch in 1 hour


Friday nights is Happy Hour at the Liquor Store,
we can buy your own wine etc. .. they open it and give you a nice glass
to drink from, plus they serve snacks


our New Zealand friends from sv Five Flip Flops


one of the churches runs a camp for the local kids, kind of like our Brownies and Bay Scouts
here they are playing Musical Chairs


game is over and this young lad had the best seat in town


the local newspaper for the Abacoes


we made the front page
I'm in the yellow top and hat, Joe is blue hat and colourful shirt, along with 
our friends from Banyan and Escape Velocity

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