DOWN TO WORK May 6 to 9, Days 13 – 16

DOWN TO WORK May 6 to 9, Days 13 – 16

It is time to tackle those interior decoration jobs like head lining and covering exposed hull construction where old carpet used to be.  I really think boats should be finished more in a practical way, and of course headlining falls away after some years as the foam backing disintegrates. I have already dealt with most of this but a few areas still need attention and offend my artistic partner who wants to create a beautiful space to live in. By Monday afternoon replacement pieces were cut to the complex curves of the boat and I opened the tin of contact adhesive to find it empty. The small Chandlery shop near the marina was still open but only had 125 ml tubes and I wanted to buy 1000 ml. The 125 ml was almost the same price that I had paid in Malta for the large tin but with the galley in chaos I bought a tube and just had enough glue to fix two pieces.

I don’t know of a hardware shop in Marina di Ragusa so we had to drive 18 miles on Tuesday morning to Bricomat on the Ragusa Iblea shopping mall area.

We arrived back too late for the Tuesday market but salvaged a few unsold fruits left by the vendors.

After wintering ashore in a boatyard in Malta for 13 years it is a pleasure to do such work in a clean environment like a marina as we live on board.

On Wednesday we progressed and things are looking better.

The live aboard community here are really a community, and we joined the “happy Hour” at the nearby Stella Bar on Tuesday evening to chat with some of our neighbours.