Well, in a manner of speaking, anyway. We have been back in the water for 4 days now, and the fridge is now working, too. Except for waiting for a part for connecting a hose to an through hull valve, things are good!

So, the antifouling has 4 more coats added to it (2 black, then 2 red on top of that), the boot stripe is spruced up again, and the three-bladed prop is in place. When we first motored after leaving the well at the yard, we were hitting over 5 knots at only about 1600 rpm. Wheeee!

We are now on the dock at Port Louis Marina for a week. This makes participating in Carnival this weekend much easier. Ken has been busy and already emptied the diesel tank and got his arm in there to clean whatever crud has accumulated in the last year since it was last done.

Other (hopeful) jobs while on the dock, besides enjoying some of the party, is to change the engine filters, sand and coat the external teak with a new-to-us product, give the decks a good cleaning after getting filthy on the hard, and maybe do a little with the stainless. Ken also needs to install a fan in the fridge as the new evaporator plate is larger than the old one, so the bottom of the fridge freezes while the top isn't quite as cold. And of course install the elbow tail piece when we finally get it.

So, we are enjoying the luxury of being on the dock here. I chuckle to think that we are on the "megayacht dock", but that is the spill over parking during this busy time, which is fine by us. We don't need electricity because of the solar panels, and we are hoping that the sound of generators from some of our neighbours doesn't intrude too heavily (some of us are quite close together).