Jobs, jobs, jobs

A delightful change in the weather ( thank you high pressure ) meant that Lynne could get over her woman flu and spend some time outside, she busied herself with one of those round tuit jobs that seem to accumulate. One of these days I'll get a round tuit! In this case it was stencilling our name and MMSI number on the life buoys.

I pretended to be still thinking about the liferaft location on deck.

Another period of settled weather and we will have to drill and fix permanently, along with the securing straps and HRU, ( hydrostatic release unit )

Meanwhile Lynne did a great job of the stencilling, this isn't for decoration it helps the authority's to trace the owners and vessel the lifebouy belongs to in the event it has been deployed and lost. It can avoid false alarms and resources being wasted on a fruitless search.

Our neighbour Nicky decided to have a trip to the sea-lock and back and we chatted while I helped with his lines about drying out in Carlingford harbour in the spring for a scrub off and anti foul. Nicky is going to show me exactly where to dry out against the harbour wall,and will also lend us a petrol power washer thus neatly avoiding the £450 hauling out costs at the marina. An important consideration for us being on a budget. Also very much a learning experience for me never having done it before.

Nickys boat ' Freebird ' returning from a trip down the canal. A lovely winters day. As the sun dropped low and we fell into shadow we retired below for tea and scones with cream and jam. We are going to need to go on a diet come the spring!