Progress

27th Feb

Another long day for Ian, he is wearing himself out.  The tar stuff that he is grinding off the hull is terrible stuff.  Thijs gave him some Udder Cream to protect his skin but even so he is suffering.  His eyes are rimmed with black, looks like he is wearing mascara, and even after half an hour in the shower and copious amounts of shampoo and soap his hair and beard aren’t really clean.  Another long 12 hour day for him and he finally got one side of the hull clean and a first layer of primer onto the bare metal.  

    

Before- the dirty hull

Down to bare metal

First coat of primer

So, 2 days to one side of the hull – and the fiddly bits around the rudder and propeller are not finished yet.  That means minimum 2 more days to do the other side.  The other guys working in the yard say this is the worst job and rag him a bit, all in good humour and it keeps his spirits up.

Thijs has been extremely helpful and lends Ian all sorts of tools.  Ian is very impressed with the standard of work and equipment in the yard.   

I help out where I can – which means cleaning.  I sweep out twice a day so the piles of trash that Ian is creating do not get too deep.  And this afternoon I got cleaning stuff and a vacuum cleaner from Anne (mother of Klaas and Thijs) and cleaned our room, the toilet and the shower.  We are the only ones using them so I feel it’s up to me to keep our “home” clean.

A sausage and rice thing for dinner!