Our stay here at Power Boats Yard in Trinidad is quickly coming to an end. We should be launching this afternoon about 1500(give or take).
Yesterday, we were up and at it again. I was down at the internet room by just after 0500 downloading some more shows(Australian Survivor) and was back at the boat by 0700. Tracy was already up and had muscled the mainsail back on the boom getting it ready for attachment to the mast. Not an easy job especially since it was soaking wet from all the rains we've had. We slid the sail slides into the track on the mast, put in the pin that keeps them there and the job was done. We'd taken out the battens when we took the sail off and we'll put them back in once we are at anchor and can hoist the sail. Much easier to do it that way. At least we don't have to rush out of here like we did last time(back in July).
Next, we made arrangements to get the support pods that hold us vertical moved so we can put more bottom paint on those areas. While we waited, Tracy mixed up a batch of Lanocoate and TBT to paint on the prop. We're in a life rich sea now and even though I cleaned it a couple of weeks ago when we were in the marina, it had gotten a nice growth since then. We normally use just straight Lanocoate and it's worked just fine. This time, not so much. Now we will see how it reacts to having TBT added to the mixture. Nothing to loose other than growth on the prop.
Once the support pods were moved, Tracy put on a couple more coats of paint and used up most of what we had left in the can saving just a bit to put on once we get lifted. It won't have much time to harden but some beats none.
We've had a problem with water getting behind the teak panels we have along the top of the hull where it joins the deck. I've chiseled out most of the old caulk and put in new but I didn't replace the area where the chainplates for the shrouds go through the teak. I took some dental tools and a knife and got all the old stuff out and laid a nice bead along the joint. I cleaned the hull where the run off water had stained it and added some new wax to the hull. Now we will see if it did the job and stopped the water getting in where it doesn't belong.
Once we were done with the caulk, we dismantled the DuoGen wind generator where the vertical tube that holds the prop joins the generator part. It's started making some more noise and we wanted to make sure the connection as good. Only took a few minutes to get it apart and we found it just fine. I guess the bearings may be going again. We last had it serviced when we were in the Seychelles about a year ago and I guess it may be time to do it again. Once we put it back together again, we loosened the nuts on the bracket that keeps it straight up and not tilted and got it corrected so she's nice and plumb. We'll see how good she does now once we get launched. She doesn't make that much power for us but some sure beats none.
We squeezed all this in between several big rain storms. It's still the rainy season here with some kind of rain just about every day.

In the late afternoon, I took the last of our dirty laundry up and loaded up two washers and got them nice and clean. It's much cheaper to do it here and we can do it ourselves. We even did the sheets off the bed. While that was finishing up(close to 1700), Tracy was headed for the showers. Once the laundry was done and folded, I headed back to Zephyr, unloaded the clothes and headed up for my chance of getting clean. I had a token for hot water and after cooling down using the cool water, I plunked in the token and got 4 whole minutes of hot water. Once it shuts off, I cool backdown with the cool water and leave feeling quite human and less rank.
We will be finishing up last minute jobs(cleaning up the cockpit and stowing all the kitty litter we bought) making Zephyr ready for her next trip. We may head for Tobago as we've heard it's supposed to be wonderful but the winds and seas will be against us so it's up in the air at this time. There is always Grenada.
Todays picture is looking off our stern at all the boats here in Power Boats. She's pretty well packed with boats of all sizes.