It was indeed a few hot sweaty days in the boatyard… but in the end we had Saralane put to bed for the next few months. We cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. And cleaned. The interior will get HOT over the next few months with the boat closed up, so we opened up all the cupboards and floorboards, tipped up cushions, pulled clothes out of hanging lockers to let the air circulate and we covered the hatches and windows with foil to cut down on the light and heat.
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| Work in progress |
We made roach cookies - in case we have unexpected guests - and distributed them throughout the boat. A little sugar, a little flour, a little milk and a lot of boric acid. I leave the boric acid out of my cookies when I have invited guests.
We met up with a few kindred souls doing the same hot sweaty work on their boats in the yard and in the evenings we’d gather to relax, eat and drink.
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| How to tell where the party is. |
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| Clockwise from left: Greg, Ann, Rick, Barb and Skip - enjoying Greg and Barb's feast on Spitfire. |
Our plan was to get started working early enough each day to get some things done before the heat kicked in, but since the boat started to bake at about 6:30 each morning, it turned out to be a lousy plan. Instead, we sweated a lot, drank lots of water and walked to the closest beach at the end of each day to cool off.
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| Boatyard early morning |
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| Where's the beautiful blue water?! |
Our last look at Saralane before we headed for the ferry....
We'll be back, but for now we're headed north to see family and friends and tend to a few things. If anything merits a blog post before we're back in the islands in the fall, I'll put up a post. Oh... and maybe we'll finally get that "before and after" blog done to show all the work we did on the boat!
Finally... one last reminder of how beautiful it is out here.................................................................................
