Monthly Archives: August 2018

Sorry for title inaccuracy, cannot find how to do accents etc. I have always loved gelatinous food. France excelled in this genre with the Fromage de Tete. My Father would eat Pigs’ Faces whenever he could. In Okinawa I can … Continue reading →

I have been wallowing in the pleasure of attaching  final bits of trim to the boat. There are long strips of trim that attach to the gunwhale, bits of which have gone missing over the years. What to do? I go … Continue reading →

I decide to replace all the old rigging with new rope, halyards, topping lift, sheets and that sort of thing. I go to Yomitan to buy rope. For 7 years I have made  bizarre requests in sign language  at this … Continue reading →

So, now I come to rigging the sails. The boat came with many lengths of rope, many blocks, many shackles and from these I have to reconstruct the set up of the sails. It is a complex job. To raise … Continue reading →

I am now at the stage of screwing on lots of bits and pieces to make the boat both pretty and sailable. It is very rewarding after months of sanding. A moment away from the boatyard. I live in village … Continue reading →

It is raining very hard. After my weekly early morning root canal fun, I rush down to see if the boat is OK. I had  rigged the tarpaulin so I was not too worried but as it is also very … Continue reading →

Just beside my apartment there is a family-run Do-It-Yourself store. It is run by an old couple and I think their daughter. I have got to know them because I pop in a lot to buy odd screws, bolts, rope … Continue reading →

I have reached that glorious stage whereby, after months of washing, sanding, wood treatment, sanding, varnishing, sanding, undercoat, sanding, compound, sanding, painting, sanding, anti-slip paint; I can now start to put everything together. The weather is very windy, rainy and … Continue reading →

I spend the first part of the morning in my second home – the Dentist. Yep more root canal stuff. I ask Mohawk Mori sensei how many visits he thinks this will take. ” Neil san, this will take months.” … Continue reading →

I knew that it would rain like crazy the night after we had re-trailered the boat. I am fed up with the boat filling up with water, so I rigged a big tarpaulin. During the night, it rains in a … Continue reading →