As he'd promised, Neil from Doyle Sails came to take the initial measurements for the new bimini. He was impressed that David and I had clear ideas about what we wanted and had set up the framework ready. We had been talking for 2 years about having a new sunshade made and what we would change of the old one to make it better and looking at other constructions for ideas. The old adage of form should follow function works.
The estimated completion date is next Friday so we can leave to head north for Opua with stops on the way including a couple of dives at the Poor Knights. With only a week we've got a lot to do; provisioning for 6 months in the islands, I want to make suncovers for the deck hatches and there are small improvements needed on the dinghy cover for which I need the sewing machine and an electricity supply. I've also set myself the task of removing and laundering all the soft furnishing covers while we have convenient access to full size washing machines. The biggest problem is getting the covers off as half of the zips have corroded. They've got to be cut off and new (non corroding plastic) sliders fitted.
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