Yesterday was spent cleaning the boat, yet again.
Louise has taken cleaning into new territory!
The very rear of the boat consists of two very large (you can crawl into the space) lazarettes where we store (ignore) a wide array of sailing apparatus.
This is stuff I hope to never use... namely, survival suits, sea anchors, sea drogues, 3/4" line 700' long, sailbags, hurricane ropes, extra chains, anchors, etc.
So my beautiful bride decides that we need to empty the locker and disinfect the entire space.... it's now cleaner than the dining room (salon)!
The rode (rope) for the sea anchor must weigh over 150 pounds and was a damp tangled mess.... a fine way to spend several hours struggling with a mass of chaos...
More canvas dried and folded, ropes organized, excess "stuff" removed from the boat, and a quiet dinner with lobster and chilled wine followed by another dinghy ride in the sunset with another fresh mouton snapper as our prize!

After dinner entertainment was the arrival of a 22' power boat complete with 4 local men is complete combat fatigues... the boat was on a nearby dock where we watched the unloading of rifles, cannisters, 3 hunting dogs, and the catch... two wild boars, taken from some out island. I expect they will be enjoyed for Easter!

With piles of stuff all over the deck (due to the cleaning) we spent 30 minutes last night (in the dark) looking for a 5 gallon bucket which fell overboard which contained by engine fillers, tools, and rags to allow me to change the engine oil today..

Bucket found....life goes on....

glen