Well the new sailing season is upon us, now all we need is the weather to go with it. So far this spring it has been more like winter, rain, wind, freezing cold, simply put, not nice.
On Saturday we went to the boat for a few hours and rather disgusted at the amount of seagull droppings all over the boat, they had even painted my step stool that I use to get on board.
Dan & Katrina are thinking of changing our boat name to Johnathon, (Livingston) due to the amount of bird doops all over it.
Sadly we have some lovely cray fishermen in a boat near us who leave their left over lunch out for the seagulls to finish off, so they think we are a friendly lot. Bird nests have been built on a few boats and one in progress on the bow of Meridian 11 which quickly became dismantled when Frank saw it. A few eggs got lost over board and one very unhappy seagull who I am sure squarked some good Australian verbs at the offender.
Dan & Kat came for a coffee and one of the other guys on our finger who has a lovely catermaran. It cullminated into a very lively and hilarious discussion on eliminating seagulls.
We watch the weather window constantly for good days and Frank has bought a hoodie so he can dive and have a look at the hull and not freeze to death.
The next job is to do the antifouling and joy!!! Frank has agreed to put a gate for me to get on board more easily. I think he capitulated because he found that his shins were always getting barked when jumping on board, but that's ok, so long as it gets done, I'm not too worried if it wasn't done for me.
So here's to praying for some lovely sunny days and calm seas and I might even give in and go out on our own just to make the Skipper happy.
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