15/11/12 - Tenacious

On Thu 15 Nov, the dishwasher went back into the Galley and was set to work



- and everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief!  It was a bit of a cold and



wet day, though not too windy, so we managed to get more gear craned ashore



to work on under cover.  Cleaning was going on in both cable lockers - the



lovely thick mud which Captain's love because it holds the ship securely in



position in some exceptionally windy anchorages we have stopped in of late,



is not quite so popular with the maintainers who have to remove the remains



of it from the bottom of the lockers.  Today we also had a man come in to



ultrasonically check the keelbolts - about one hundred and ten of them!







Friday and Saturday we continued stripping the yards and removing the



furling gear for overhaul, working on the boat cranes and fixing the tumble



drier.  The yard rigged more shores on Friday, both breast and bilge as the



wind is forecast to increase very substantially on Sunday night and into



Monday morning.  Saturday was a lovely, bright sunny day.







Sunday morning the maintainers continued working on the yards and the boat



cranes. Spot priming - so paint going on, rather than coming off - and the



PC carried out some drills.  We all stopped at one for lunch and then most



of us had a half day.  I'd planned to sit and read the paper, but Alan



decided to do some switchboard testing, so there were no lights for a while



- and it gets dark early way out here in Milford.







We've said goodbye to two PC this weekend, Mick the Second Engineer and



Graham the Cook have both left for pastures new.  Both will be much missed



by all and we wish them both the very best.







Several maintainers also left towards the end of last week and over the



weekend. Thank you to all who have contributed your time and effort here in

Milford, we're very grateful.  Some I managed to see personally and some I



didn't, but that thank you all very much anyway.  Others have arrived to



take over and have got stuck straight in - thank folks, that's exactly what



we need!







Simon



Captain







On Thu 15 Nov, the dishwasher went back into the Galley and was set to work

-

and everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief!  It was a bit of a cold and

wet day, though not too windy, so we managed to get more gear craned ashore

to

work on under cover.  Cleaning was going on in both cable lockers -

the

lovely thick mud which Captain's love because it holds the ship securely

in

position in some exceptionally windy anchorages we have stopped in of

late,

is not quite so popular with the maintainers who have to remove the

remains

of it from the bottom of the lockers.  Today we also had a man come

in to

ultrasonically check the keelbolts - about one hundred and ten of

them!



Friday and Saturday we continued stripping the yards and removing

the

furling gear for overhaul, working on the boat cranes and fixing the

tumble

drier.  The yard rigged more shores on Friday, both breast and bilge

as the

wind is forecast to increase very substantially on Sunday night and

into

Monday morning.  Saturday was a lovely, bright sunny day.



Sunday

morning the maintainers continued working on the yards and the boat

cranes.

Spot priming - so paint going on, rather than coming off - and the

PC carried

out some drills.  We all stopped at one for lunch and then most

of us had a

half day.  I'd planned to sit and read the paper, but Alan

decided to do some

switchboard testing, so there were no lights for a while

- and it gets dark

early way out here in Milford.



We've said goodbye to two PC this weekend,

Mick the Second Engineer and

Graham the Cook have both left for pastures

new.  Both will be much missed

by all and we wish them both the very

best.



Several maintainers also left towards the end of last week and

over the

weekend. Thank you to all who have contributed your time and effort here in

Milford, we're very grateful.  Some I managed to see personally and

some I

didn't, but that thank you all very much anyway.  Others have arrived

to

take over and have got stuck straight in - thank folks, that's exactly

what

we need!



Simon

Captain