We spent the first hour or so doing some general cleaning/dusting. One thing about a 30+ year old boat, there's always something that needs to be cleaned...
After cleaning, we applied teak oil to some of the woodwork in the saloon. I've always found applying teak oil to be such an unsatisfying job (going back to oiling my mother's dining room table when I was a kid).
When you first put the oil on, it makes the wood look all nice and shiny, which is satisfying.
But when you look at it 5 minutes later, all the oil has been soaked up and the shine is gone. Not-satisfying... Also, it's definitely a job you try to finish as efficiently/quickly as you can since the fumes get a little intense in such close quarters.
The linens from the bunks, which had been sent away to be dry cleaned last week, were back and needed to be put back in place. Stuffing large foam mattress pads back into tightly fitting linens is about as difficult as it sounds.
We had originally planned to take the boat out for a sail after we finished our chores. However, by the time we got everything done, we were much more content to just have a picnic on the bow, enjoy the sunshine and laugh at the ridiculous names of the boats motoring past (our slip is right at the entrance to the harbor; perfect for people/boat watching).
Notably ridiculous boats names (here's a website with some other winners):
- Ten Ton Rhino
- Debatable
- Kidsmoney
- Just Ducky
Getting excited for our departure...
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