Opua: rain: last night, today, forever
Opua: rain: last night, today, forever
Drinks were not served on deck last evening: rain was. Can’t say this wasn’t predicted. A deleted expletive is that rain is predicted for every day for the foreseeable future. Tomorrow looks best. Only showers.
In the past hour the sky has cleared. I might even be able to sit on deck at sunset.
Last night was restless. Rain was moderate but steady and there wasn’t more than fifteen or twenty knots of wind; but a few wavelets slapped against the hull and the anchor occasionally rattled against the bow roller. I realized that the two lines that tighten it in place had been removed from the bow cleats to make way for mooring lines while we were at the boat yard dock and not recleated. The anchor is still held by the anchor chain. I wasn’t about to get up, put on foul weather gear and go on deck to secure the extra lines in the middle of the night, so lived with the rattle.
As in the last storm, we only had two or three brief gusts of thirty knots, but forty were recorded at all the exposed points and buoys.
I didn’t go ashore. Could have, but no need. Watched a Champion’s League match between Manchester United and Sporting Lisbon. Man. U. won 1-0 on a goal scored by Ronaldo, who formerly played for Lisbon.
Read more of Bryon’s DON JUAN. I’ll finish tomorrow if the weather prevents me from going sailing. Replaced a screw on a piece of interior teak trim that has been lose. Won the final game of a best of ten series of backgammon I have been playing for several days against the computer. I only won ten games to nine; but the computer is very lucky. Listened to music. Ate a can of tuna and crackers for lunch. And took the above photos of the interior as requested by a gentleman in England.
The one looking forward is taken from in front of the chart table, which appears on the right of the photo facing aft.
Originally THE HAWKE OF TUONELA was a stripped out race boat. The small galley is unusually placed forward of the mast. Beyond that the bow was used for sail storage. I built the v-berth where I sleep in port. At sea I sleep on whichever berth is on the low side of the main cabin.
Most new boats are built to be sold at boat shows to people who will sit on them in marinas. One proof of this is that most do not have a single berth in which a sailor could sleep while the boat is heeled over at sea.
THE HAWKE OF TUONELA was intended to be raced by a crew of eight and had six good sea-berths, counting the upper berths in the main cabin, into which I built book shelves, a locker and other stowage, and the quarter berths, which I also use for stowage.
I also built the table folded around the mast. Tables take up too much room in a main cabin, so I wanted one that would be out of the way when it wasn’t in use. By myself I almost never use it at all.
Also visible is the chimney pipe of the small fireplace, which is behind the triangular cushion on the starboard settee berth.
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Halfway through the Star Wars movies. Watched Episode III last night; tonight’s Episode IV was the first one made.
Enough for now. Going on deck. Cheers. Salud. L’Chaim. A votre sante. Na Zdrowiel. Saude. Kanpai. Prosit. Ooogy Wawa.
Thursday, September 20, 2007