The end of November - still in the work yard

I can’t believe it’s the end of November already. Wayne finished waxing the hull and I worked on a gel coat patch and stripped the varnish off the teak on the top of the bow. Eric stopped Wayne this morning and said that we might have our sprit back today. I didn’t really think so considering David (the carpenter) told us Wednesday, but we didn’t start anything below deck or the wind generator (Wayne has to take apart the back berth to get to the fittings) in case he showed up.

Tammy stopped by to let us know they were heading out today. I hope we run into them again somewhere; I really enjoyed their company. Then Pam & Glen stopped by to say hi while checking to see if their engine part came in yet. They’re thinking of catching the weather window tonight before the front gets in to cross because their friends Al & Maria have to catch a plane back home on Saturday. We’d heard that immigration was being strict with some Canadians on how long they could stay in the Bahamas (30 days). Seems like it’s been on the books but nobody ever paid attention to it and everyone was getting 90 days. But it doesn’t seem like the time to start enforcing such a thing with the economy in the dumps. I think we’ve seen more Canadians in the Bahamas than any other country so it seems like they’re cutting off their nose to spite their face by limiting the stay to 30 days! Especially since they’re telling them just to renew the permit! Sometimes it’s not so easy to get to a port with an immigration office if you’re in one of the islands that are further out .
Hope that cold front gets here soon, I could use some cooler weather to finish the bottom paint and varnish. It was nice to sit in the cockpit (even if we are 10 ft up in the air) with a gin/tonic after another hot day in the boatyard. We had a beautiful sunset thanks to the sugar harvesters burning cane. It looked like the sky was on fire and beautiful cumulus clouds of red, orange and purple were building as the heat from the fire and ash rose into the sky meeting the cooler air. How strange to think that while Al Gore, etal, harp on our cars and air conditioning destroying the environment, that they don’t seem to pick on the larger companies with all the wealth and power that send up all this heat and ash into the atmosphere. Guess who has the pulling power, and it isn’t the little guy… What a spectacular sight though.