Friday 25 March 2016

Crikey, another week has sneaked (snuck?) past and, accompanied by great chagrin, boat work has continued unabated. Despite having a surprisingly delightful 10 to 12 on the beam during sail to Penang and discovering that Hydrovane wind steering worked brilliantly even with obstruction on port quarter, decided to re-engineer said offending antenna tree. Just as well, it being indefensibly ugly and containing 3 defunct chunks of hardware plus bracing that is now no longer required. This, as could be predicted from every other project that has ever been attempted on any boat since the beginning of time, turned into a giant ball of wax and is only this morning complete. Oddly enough, all electrics and electronics with cabling that was of necessity cut and reconnected have returned to operation.

One might think that sloth would now return to its rightful place as primary activity (oxymoron?) aboard, but this would be an unwarranted assumption. Unfortunately the water heater and motorized port primary winch have taken opportunity to go on holiday. This usurpation of above mentioned deadly sin, which should properly reside only with crew, will now require additional application of labor from them. This is just not right. As departure from Penang is set for Sunday and likelihood of quick rectification is small (entire complement are squandering midday at a coffee beanery), work will almost certainly be continued in Pangkor after arrival Monday evening. Gosh darn or stronger words to that effect.

Jack