We spent the first full day with the boat back in the water by cleaning, putting provisions and spares away, and desperately searching for four Right Hand thread "T" bolts for our new lifelines! We had four new lifelines fabricated this summer using the old lifelines as templates. Since we did not need new turnbuckles we got just the lifelines - seems that Seco South has changed the way they are making lifelines. The original lifelines have swaged ends that are Right Handed (RH) threaded to fit the turnbuckle - and the "T" bolt side has left hand threads. The new lifelines we got had swaged ends with Left Handed (LH) threads so we had a crisis - new lifelines could not be attached to the stanchions! There is only one rigger on the Island (Turbulence) so we borrowed a car and headed to the rigger. Turns out the lifeline ends they use here are not the same as used on our boat so we were out of luck, almost. I checked the scrap pile and found the ends we needed and asked the shop manager if we could scrounge them. He said yes, we did, and after 2 hours in some Spotless Stainless our new lifelines are in place.
Tomorrow we will put the dinghy back in the water, move our frozen meat to the boat, and continue unpacking and stowing stuff from our barrels.
Have penciled Greg in for a visit on board for 24 Dec after his arrival from Spain.
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