While painting the bottom: some very temporary artwork to salute to my Swedish friends!
Friday, November 15, 2013
Life in The Yard
One of the less glorious aspects of cruising is the time spent "on the hard". Periodically, all boats must be hauled, to repaint the bottom at a minimum, but also to take care of other projects which are best done, or can only be done out of the water. The yard I am currently at in Trinidad has at least 100 sail boats chocked up, and a surprising number of those have cruisers living aboard, sometimes for extended periods (picture a "fixer upper"). The scene in a yard reminds me very much of a prison - you are living inside a razor wire fenced compound, the conditions are harsh, the bathrooms and showers are communal, and when someone asks "When are you splashing?", it sounds to me just like "When do you come before the parole board?" This time I have wimped out and splurged on an air conditioned room for my short one week stay. I justify the expense by thinking of all those nights I got out of bed to spend the night searching in the dark during a blizzard or a driving rainstorm. Yes, I deserve a comfortable place to sleep tonight!
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