April 18th 2019
We decided to stay another day longer in the marina to get some work done, and we needed to fix the problem with the jib. The harbour master started to laugh and said “Why don’t you stay till after the weekend? It’s free of charge anyway on Sundays. The owner of the marina is a deeply religious person, so working and getting paid is not allowed”. Well we might just do that. We really like this marina. It’s small, quiet and really sheltered between the high dykes of the canal. It feels like a cosy hobbit burrow, like you’re in a secluded space where no one else comes. And the few people that are here are really friendly. Plus we could finally finish the solar panel project and put up a safety net between the toe rail and the sea rail for Captain Fluffy who is not always sure footed.
Together we looked at the stuck jib and he remarked that a bit of grease would probably help. After twiddling and rummaging about and with the aid of some penetrating oil the furling genoa worked again. But we might have to dissemble the whole reel at one point, there’s a lot of grit accumulating there.
We also created a longer electricity cable by cutting the the cord off the electricity reel and attaching marine plugs to both ends. Now we have 25 meters of cable, let’s see if this proves to be enough.
The weather was still amazing, so we concluded the day by having home made beer with nice nibblies in the cockpit.
