NZ Land Logs 59, Year 2: Ready to Launch
Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Weather Today: Sunny Day
Location: Whangarei, New Zealand
Makani was at the fuel dock this morning when we got up. We had said our goodbyes last night at Reva’s but we walked over to the dock to say goodbye one more time. Felix promises to be in Opua when we arrive and is hoping to have a huge farewell celebration before we all take off in different directions. We look forward to that. After breakfast, we got right to work on today’s chores of waxing the boat and putting the Monitor windvane back on the stern. Both took longer than we expected. We were working right up until our 3 PM deadline this afternoon to get the boat ready to launch. And we almost got everything done. At 3:00 we were put into the slings of the travel lift to ready us for going into the water in the morning. We asked to be put in the slings this afternoon so we could move the blocks under the boat to a different location. We wanted to sand and bottom paint those areas. I had hoped to get two coats of wax on the topsides, but I was just finishing the buffing of the first coat on the port side when the travel lift arrived. Once we were settled in the travel lift slings for the night, I was able to wax and buff the front and back of the port side a second time. It was impossible to reach the middle section, but I can probably reach this section once we are back on the dock. Once on the dock, there are many jobs to do before we can leave here. It’s going to be a busy weekend, but we are still hoping to be ready to leave Whangarei by the first of the week. We shall see.
Marie and Paul of Ranger and Beth and Ken of Eagle’s Wings had made plans to go out to one of Whangarei’s best restaurants tonight and they asked us to come along. We are really trying to live on a tighter budget, but I’m afraid we couldn’t resist the good company. We went along and enjoy a delightful evening at a’Deco. The food was excellent but the most interesting thing was the 1939 house built and furnished in Art Deco style.
And since it is early to rise in the morning as we will be going into the water by 8:30 AM, it is now time to sign off and go to bed.
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