Picton Castle at sea; Wednesday 22 December 2010 בס"ד
Woke up at 0600, went aft for coffee but the 4-8s drank it all. Went upon the quarterdeck, and talked with them for a few minutes. They were going to work on getting the liferaft cases clean, and Nadja and Bracken said there used to be canvas covers for them (interesting). Below, wrote my log, and read before breakfast. Work for today included:
TSPing the port focslehead ladder and painting the rail surf gray and rungs dory buff
putting on two coats of primer on the new sponge hotel
scraping clean and oiling the port foresl tack, clew, and sheet blocks
wirebrushing, scraping and cleaning the stem plate under the bowsprit, then giving it two coats of corroseal and a coat of penetrol
wirebrushing and cleaning the spot on the port bowsprit where the foretopmst stay is reaved through a sheave where its turnbuckle is bolted in (cheek block?), then corrosealing and priming them
two coats 70/30 primer white to the areas of the forestay wireseizings that had been primed yesterday
60/40 varnish on the flyrail port spindle
scraping and wirebrushing another propane tank, then corrosealing it
assisting harness overhaul
I've been spot treating the inside edge of the paint locker hatch with wirebrush, corroseal, primer x2, and soon white. Also TSPed the bulkhead immediately under the paint locker door. A lot of sail handling today, taking in and resetting kites and royals more than a few times. Finished work by 1630, in anticipation of a workshop on seizings, but then it started raining and the workshop was delayed and then finally cancelled. Dinner in the salon, with a good OHHHHHHHH when Bronwen left her hat on. Read a lot of Sea of Glory, took a shower using my own green scrubby I bought in Bali to remove a solid layer of filth from my body, then bed at 2100.
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