Day 137, Year 4: A Sunday Morning Surprise
Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009
Weather: Torrential Rain Early Morning; Partly Sunny Day
Location: Boat Lagoon Marina, Phuket Island

What a wonderful surprise we had this morning. When we arrived at Windbird this morning, Oh was unexpectedly there and had removed much of the tape and plastic masking from the cabin top and all of the plastic boat covering. So we didn’t have to wait until tomorrow after all. We got to the unveiling of Windbird today. There is still much to do tomorrow to remove more of the taped areas on the cabin top and cockpit, but we got to see our baby today and she looks great.

We worked under the tent all day cleaning the big stainless pieces that have been stored away under the boat during the painting. We had a really torrential downpour in the wee hours of the morning and threatening clouds all day with no more rain. But the clouds kept the sun from coming through full strength so we had a cooler than normal day to help us get acclimatized. We are hoping that Nop is coming tomorrow morning to put on the arch and the new stainless rails on the back of the boat. We also hope we get to start putting hardware on the cabin top. So things are going really well here.

090308 Day 137 Boat Lagoon, Phuket, Thailand–Sunday Surprise