Tuesday 18 January 2011

Picton Castle at sea; Tuesday 18 January 2011 בס"ד

Woke up at 0600, fell asleep, got an 0615 wakeup, woke up again at 0630, then finally got up at 0700. Wrote my log, breakfast, work. Jobs today included:

- coat of buff on main lower topsl sheet cleats

- second coat of white on starboard aft panama chock

- wirebrush, corroseal, and prime focsle shower

- coat of white on starboard breezeway tgallant rail

- two coats corroseal two coats primer on scullery fire axe bracket

- scuff and two coats white axe bracket spot in the scullery

- second coat of primer on bowsprit spots

- sand and penetrol two new Monomoy oars

- remove from Monomoy two out-of-place oars and relocate to Sea Never Dry

- two coats black on capstan welps

- two coats black on sponge hotel center divider slat

- coat of signal green/penetrol mix on both new quarterdeck forward charthouse lights' trims

- clean quarterdeck wire seizings with degreaser

- epoxy and clean cracked emergency water jug

- wirebrush and grease port breezeway international fire hose fitting manifold

- scuff 180 and varnish 60/40 salon doors

- scuff 180 and varnish 50/50 and 60/40 flyrail spindles port C and starboard C

- sand and penetrol flyrail spindle starboard B

- sand, penetrol, and prime mop pinrail holder blocks

- second coat of primer on trash pump frame

- coat of red primer over aluminum primer on trash pump hose manifold

- stencil and paint black PICTON CASTLE on aft thwart of Monomoy

Finished work at 1610. Workshop on servings part II at 1615, and we broke into small groups. In our small group, we had two mini groups for hands-on, and Tammy and I were paired and took turns being the server and the “boy” who passes round the ball of cordage. After, I shaved off my chops due to public outrage and general scandal, then dinner. After dinner, read some of the Odyssey out loud to Megan, who for whatever reason wanted me to do so. It's not a bad way to read, just wears the voice. Worked out on the well deck, then some small chaos at the turn of the watch when the port fore tgallant sheet parted, then as we took in the sail, I was hauling on the port leech, and that parted too! First time I ever hauled on a line and it parted. I could just see Karla saying “Michael, be careful, you don't even know your own strength!” even though it was going to part no matter how lightly I hauled on it. Only about a minute of minor chaos, not a huge deal. Went below, and watched some “Way of the Gun,” then bed. Today we passed the southern tip of Madagascar by about 100nm or so.