Tuesday 14 December 2010

Picton Castle at sea; Tuesday 14 December 2010 בס"ד

Woke up at 0500 to use the head, and saw the glow of another ship abaft our port beam. Went back to sleep until 0700, and as I woke I heard the 4-8s setting royals. Wrote my log, as is my new custom, and had breakfast. Today's work list was:

• put 70/30 primer/white on the airport in the port breezeways

• paint the fantail tgallant rail red from port stanchion to starboard stanchion on the alohadeck

• paint the port waterway on the quarterdeck red

• clean, wash, and paint all accessible parts of the galleyhouse roof stone

• wirebrush and corroseal the bolts on the spanker boom gooseneck

• paint the spanker clew outhaul block shackle black

• spot paint the entire tropical blue overheads of the breezeways, aloha deck, and under the bridge

• spot paint chafed spots of wire seizings on main stay

• access bilge of the hold under the port catwalk by the water tank to remove dropped items

• organize totes in the hold

• tar grommets for the cowl vent pipes

At two separate times, the jar of red paint used by the aloha deck painters was knocked over and spilled, much to my dismay, and created the new jobs of cleanup and damage control. I spent much time mixing and preparing paint. WT sent me into the hold's bilge to recover fallen items. From 1200 to 1300, the on-watch was on standby for sail-handling, since a big squall was closing. It never got us though, and while waiting I cleaned the paint locker door and re-wrote the brush cleaning instructions. At 1600, all hands turned in their harnesses for inspection. Then I cleaned up the paint locker and was done by 1645. Read some Last Grain Race, dinner, and Taia's birthday. More reading, KvsS in the forepeak, more reading, and then bed.