We got the call that our steel work was finished so David and I pedalled up to Trevor's. This time we were going to drive them back in his work truck, the only proviso being not to crash it, and come back for the bikes. What a great job. We highly recommend Trevor for any steel work. He's smart, fast, affordable and a lovely bloke to boot. He and David have become good friends over the last few weeks as he's repaired our wind generator bracket, let David fix his pedal shaft in the workshop.
On the way back to the workshop with the ute we deviated into Cookes rope and chain store and found new sheets (aka ropes) for the headsail to replace the current ones which are too thick and damaging the sheet holders in the winches. Made me extra happy because we can use the old sheets to replace our dock lines which are too thick for the deck cleats, heavy and inflexible. The old dock lines which came with boat purchase 3 years ago become spares or swaps with islanders who are always short of boat ropes. I'm hoping we might be able to swap for a wood carving in Vanuatu but we might have to settle for a lobster, but nothing less than a big lobster.
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