Running yesterday might have been a bad idea. I was sore enough to have trouble moving around the boat; Bri led me in a little yoga which helped big time.
Ben has the sewing machine out today fixing sails--a little tear in the genoa and the top of the main. The folks on S/V Just Drifting stopped by to introduce themselves and say hi. Maureen and Wade were really friendly and I hope we run into them again. We got to talking about the passage from the Marquesas and they had torn their half ounce spinnaker and the window out of their genoa, which Ben offered to fix.
While Ben did the sewing and other typically woman's work, Bri and I did some more heavy lifting. We organized the lazarette (storage) which means moving around some spare anchor chain and scrubbed some more on the bottom of the boat. The poor hull had been a little neglected in the Marquesas so it took a lot of elbow grease to get that algae off. I really don't mind the scrubbing and cleaning in clear water, it's a little bit nerve-wracking in murky water. The remora loved all the little bits floating in the water. It sounds silly, but I think they helped clean a good bit of gunk off the boat.
After projecting all day Ben needed a little fun so he and Bri went skurfing--it's like water skiing behind the dingy using a surfboard instead. I want to try soon, but am currently way too sore after running and scrubbing for two days. Skurfing looks really difficult. In addition to getting up on a surfboard you have to keep ahold of the floating line attaching you to the boat. After Bri took a turn, Brian tried it also and got up on his first try! He didn't skurf too long since he and Richard were in the middle of making chili and cornbread for a potluck dinner. Well, not really a potluck since all we contributed was cheese for the cornbread.
Pretty soon we'll head to another motu: Fakarava. It's only 40 miles away (pass to pass) which is just a daysail. Richard and Ben have been watching the weather, but I'm not sure if we'll leave tomorrow or the next day or the day after that.
Fakarava allegedly has some of the best snorkeling and diving in the world, so I'm excited to see it.
Brian and Richard planning around the weather.
Ben repairing sails. The cabin normally isn't that messy.
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