The day started with another delicious breakfast from white watch, cereal,
hot dogs, tomatoes and most importantly pancakes. Also of note is the fact
that Rona II have almost completed testing every variety of coco pops. From
the plain original to the Coco Rocks, and the most recent Moon and Stars,
Shortly after breakfast at about 9.30 we re-fuelled the boat which involved
a little repositioning magic with the aid of the mates strong arm, heaving a
line some 15 metres to the fuel barge to enable us to pull 50 tonnes of boat
across the narrow marina. Then we set off ourselves, skipper estimated it
to take 2 hours to get to Belfast. As we left the marina we passed Merrilyn,
another one of our boats: she had just finished the small ships race early
this morning and she did extremely well.
When we saw Belfast in our sights everyone got excited, we could not wait to
step ashore and live the last few days of this absolutely amazing
experience. Now it was the beginning of the ultimate tidy up. The whole boat
needed to be cleaned from bow to stern.
List of Jobs
a.. Store kit away in lockers
b.. Clean all the bunks
c.. Wash the floor
d.. Sweep the floor
e.. Clean the heads
f.. Clean the galley - cooker, fridge (heat box), sinks, work top
g.. Store/coil ropes
h.. Sort out all the oilies and life jackets
AND MUCH MORE.
In the evening Merrilyn held its crew party. What a lovely new/modern yacht.
Free bottles of Magners were available on the forepeak, which everyone got
stuck into. What a fantastic evening to finish a brilliant day.
At the same time the Dutch Navy Yacht Urania held a party which was well
supported by the crew of Rona.
Written by: Lee Price
well I guess you deserve a few parties after all that cleaning.
ReplyDeleteGoodbye all and thanks for the blogs my ink cartridge has just run out. I'll enjoy re reading in the dark winter evenings.
Grandma Wales
I'll be thinking of ways to cut down the cleaning in future