Exchanging some chafed ropes on the boom.
Lunch Time & Rigging Work
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Extremely dusty job despite a tent and all the protective foil. The fine dust goes everywhere and if you get the particles on your skin it itches. I am glad that I do not have to do this job.
The picture below is the contractor Olivier from Thalassa Nautique grinding down the deck. Today, Friday, it rains which means the humidity levels are too high and temperatures too low for the epoxy primer to cure. We hope for Monday to be drier and warmer (no rain and 16C days high)
Olivier at work
The sanded areas, with the pure fiber shining through, are protected against rain and humidity.
Later that day (yesterday) I took a relaxing dinghy tour through the port. Well honestly, I went on an escape from the dust and sorrow look of the boat.
Schoolday in FranceSchoolday in France
This is part of school’s physical eduction program here in France. Second graders with their Optis getting towed to their sailing area.
It’s a windy day and we are happy to be in port when this group of singing kids passes our dock while the wind is gusting 30.
It does not look so windy on the photo, but trust me it’s whistling and howling in the marina.