Yesterday there were three workman on the boat at the same time. I had requested a canvas shop in Whangerei to send someone to give an estimate for a new dodger and a few other canvas projects we're considering having done. Meanwhile, Bob Evans, a local electrician guru, was finishing up fixing what I had screwed up (excuse me....installed...) in Honolulu. Actually, I had come pretty close to getting it all right...but there were a few wires that I had led to the wrong places....no wonder our readings weren't quite right! (Ya know, when you hire these amateurs to do your work for you, you just don't really know the quality of their work.... just don't tell the Admiral....) At the same time, Rob from Northland Spars and Rigging was up the mast working. Fortunately, he brought an apprentice along with him, so the young un did the grunt work and I stayed down below with Bob. At the end of the work day, the head stay with its new wire was installed, the Profurl and it's grooved luff foil had been completely stripped and refurbished, new upper spreader lift wires were in place, new lower shrouds were installed, and a new set of lazy jacks had been custom fabricated and also installed. The new mast head sheaves had been put in the other day, so the only thing we're awaiting is a new genoa halyard, as the old wire/rope one had frayed wires and a broken SS thimble. (The new one will be Spectra.) Bob had completed his stuff...so it was a funny feeling at the end of the day without anyone working aboard. Sue and I went to the Waitangi Culture night, a lovely performance put on in Waitangi describing a brief history of the Maori.
Everday there are activities sponsored by the All Points Rally (hosted by John and Lynn Martin, http://www.islandcruising.co.nz/), and every evening there are BBQ's or dinners. The other night was all you can eat pizza; lots of varieties, along with a cash bar for beer, wine and soft drinks. More boats are arriving daily; our friends on sv Attitude (Neil & Kathy) arrived in the afternoon. We hadn't seen them since the Gambier Islands, and they returned to NZ from Fiji. Btw, along with all the above work and activities, we've also been packing to depart for the States for a few months to visit family and friends...there's always something going on!
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