Sunday, December 21st, 2008
Was on galley duty today which wasn’t too bad really. I also laid in with the rest of my watch working on
getting the ship ready to sail. We are supposed to leave for another island in the canaries tomorrow
morning.
I helped to undo and re-bend on the Main Lower Topsail this morning. This entails going aloft onto the
yard and then cutting the old robands, thin strands of manila rope that lace the sail to the yard. Once the
sail is free the lines holding it to the ends of the yard are tightened up with a block and tackle (called a
“handy billy”). Once the head of the sail is tight and centered on the yard, we lace it back on by using
more robands. It’s odd to think of the ship being pulled along by what amounts to twisted grass.
Hopefully there will be Internet access wherever we endup in the next couple of days but if not oh well
that’s the way the cookie crumbles…
Speaking of cookies, as I typed this Bruce came back from shopping and offered me a chips ahoy cookie.
Synchronicity in action :-)
Thanks for reading.
KJ
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