I thought the back bedroom was finished, but I had
overlooked a small area that had been plastered, and because the plaster was
not completely dry when I painted it, the finish was not perfect. To satisfy
myself and my wife, I repainted the entire wall. Thus I was occupied for the
whole morning, and I was pleased that my wife liked what I had done.
After lunch I checked ‘Minnow’ to see how she had faired
overnight when there was heavy rain. That was the first time she had been
exposed to rain, and she passed the test by not leaking through the hatchway,
despite being on a slope, so that water collected between the sliders on the
cabin roof. When she is afloat, the hatch will be horizontal in the fore and
aft plane; therefore water will not collect between the sliders. The hatch
opens smoothly with little effort, but to protect the brass sliders and reduce
friction, I treated them with silicone spray. I also applied silicone to the
cup in the shaft of the yuloh to minimize friction between it and the yuloh
support pin.
Later in the afternoon I walked beside the River Crouch at
Hullbridge where I saw a yacht being taken out of the water at the Up River
Yacht Club. I have a feeling the yacht may be a Blackwater sloop.
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