Since we will still be docked most of the day, and the boat is clean, Daniele decides to make small touches of Gelcoat where it is needed. She marks all the places with masking tape and cleans the surfaces to be repaired with acetone.
Good everything is ready, I attack the gelcoat kit mixture ... oops the product is frozen in the tubes, unusable. I'm going for a walk to the marina store and find another "Marine Teck" product that should do the trick.
Great! I go back to the boat and attack the task.
But what is that? Black, the product is BLACK !!!
She removes all the masking, impossible repair. Refund obtained without problems.
Meanwhile ... Allan undertakes to deflate the dinghy since without engine we will not be able to use it anymore. It's not a simple matter. The docks are not very wide and especially they are really not very stable. Pain and misery with the help of a boy from the quay he managed to get the dinghy out of the water and deflate it. Allan pulls a muscle in his torso that bothers him for the rest of the trip.
Now I inflate the kayak that will serve us as a dinghy. No more motor, only "Power Arm"! 14:30 New transmission installed 305.3 hours to the engine.
We go for a ride in the bay, to do all the necessary tests before moving too far from Westport. Everything is fine, back to the dock.
Last shopping at the grocery store before departure, milk, yoghurt, cheese and cold meats.
4:30 pm departure for Cole Bay
5:30 pm At anchor in front of Camp Dudley.
Tonight, the perfect half-moon illuminates his way to Bellum. Jupiter and Venus will be his first companions in this sky that will be beautifully starry. A satellite passes close to the big bear running at a good speed.
Very calm night.
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