December 20, 2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Coffee, internet then work.  Who says there isn’t any work on a sailboat?  I am continuously finding something to do.  Although it was slightly breezy, I thought I would try my creativity get the netting up around Casa Mare, just in case Stasia took a tumble overboard.  I spent most of the day deciding how to do it and how to space it between the stanchions   Since there is no toe rail around Casa Mare’ Fred and I thought could tighten the bottom line after it was threaded so there wasn't a gap at the bottom between the stanchion poles.  Got it all across only to find we stretched is too much and there was no chance of stretching it to the bottom.  I used quite many tie-ons but knew I would eventually lace it with line.   Then there came the matter of piecing the netting together to reach to the gate to get off and on the boat.  I was pretty happy I possessed some sewing experience but oh, what a mess.  Soooo...I walked away because my head  doesn’t have quite the range of spinning a 360 which I am sure I was getting close to doing within seconds.  I spent the  rest of the evening trying to figure out a genius idea and came up with nothing.   We were short on netting.  Fred fixed a few things that needed attention like….raft had a slow leak and it also only has 2 chambers.  I had made it a point to stay on the  rigid side, just in case.  He fixed it, he thought, but there must be another somewhere so I am sure it will be like an Easter egg hunt looking for that leak.  Later that evening, we watched a movie and talked about leaving soon if the weather gave us that opportunity.  Bimini is an interesting little Island.