Thursday 26 March Splash day!

It was hard to wake up at midnight, dress and climb down the ladder but applying second coat took less than 30 minutes with David do the rollering and me holding the spotlight, By 12.30am we were back in bed.

I was still asleep at 8 o'clock when David appeared with a morning cup of tea to tell me he'd got out of bed pre-dawn (kindly without waking me) and gone down to put on the third coat and to roll on any paint left over on the vulnerable parts of the hull.

After a leisurely indulgent breakfast I took the ferry across to Pangkor Island to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. Isn't it odd that to buy fresh produce it is easier, quicker and cheaper to take a ferry to an island than it is to go to a mainland shop?

Shiney!

As promised, at 2pm Ade came with is remote control box and navigated us back into the water. Final jobs of t he day were to wash the dust and dirt of the boatyard off the decks, clear away the tools we'd had out and prepare for departure tomorrow.