(posted 05/17/24)
Up at 0600, breakfast, routines and then a meeting with Richard (Richard’s Marine Maintenance, they worked on our generator in 2022). The meeting was to go over all the stuff that we need done.
Then we started working:
We got the anchor chain painted, and the anchor locker rinsed. The drain was plugged, we got Cano to come help with that. One design “feature” that I am not really crazy about, is the anchor locker drains through a valve mounted under the forward bed, goes into a hose, then it drains under the bow thruster (inside the boat), under everything else and into the bilge. This means any mud or muck that is on the chain when it gets into the anchor locker winds up in the bilge. This stuff stinks. Anyway, it’s done again.
This doesn’t sound like much work, but it took us all day. We chatted with the captain on the boat next to us. It’s a 75’ fishing boat. He makes sure it’s ready to go, and drives for the owners and guests. He coordinates the crew, etc. he has been the captain since 2014 when the boat was new. He spent much of the day polishing stainless. We were about done with the marking of the chain, and he noticed the anchor and chain, he stopped mid sentence and stared. Then he told us, that we have as much anchor and chain as his boat does. Our answer to that is that we sleep well at anchor. After we were all put away for the day, we went to the pool for a dip and happy hour. Dinner and a movie (dead men don’t wear plaid) then bed.
