The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson
Sailing Yacht Truce
This morning I went to a boat garage sale in Victoria. Very happy I went as I picked up some bargains and crossed a couple of items off my ‘to get’ list. Luckily I was able to get into the venue early with a vendor and have a scope around before the public entered. First... Continue Reading →
Glorious spring weather in Canoe Cove today, shorts weather with clear sky and bright sunshine. The first day with no rain I reckon. I stuck another epoxy patch on the fresh water tank this morning, the warmer weather is helping the epoxy to cure faster, I think one more internal patch tomorrow and we will be... Continue Reading →
Last night I felt a pain in my right wrist, I was surprised to see it was swollen and blue. It was about twice its normal size and throbbing. There seems to be a bite wound in the centre of the purple patch – looks like a spider bite. Not surprising as I was cleaning out... Continue Reading →
I had a wonderful relaxed night’s sleep, woken this morning by the quacking of ducks around the boat. Yesterday was quite mild for a change but today has started with a bitterly cold wind, even the locals are complaining about the weather. This morning was clean up time. As I was taking out one of... Continue Reading →
This afternoon Truce went back into the water. A big sigh of relief all around. The last days have been cold wet and miserable trying to get the anti fouling completed and living on board when the boat is out of the water is not pleasant. Once in the water I had a good check... Continue Reading →
Not a drop of rain overnight and the morning was dry and sunny. After a quick cup of tea I was back out rolling anti fouling paint. The second coat was finished by ten in the morning, just in time for smoko. Then it was back out to get a third coat on the high... Continue Reading →
Every time I removed the speed log for cleaning I had a terrible feeling of foreboding. The simple act of lifting out the speed log and replacing it with a temporary cap was always accompanied by thoughts of ‘what if something went wrong’? Would I be stuck with my hand over the hole keeping back... Continue Reading →
It’s now a week since I left sunny NZ. The first couple of days at Canoe Cove were not too flash, I caught some disease (United Airlines food poisoning maybe) and felt awful. For two days I was pretty useless, feeling cold and miserable and couldn’t eat. Luckily, I stayed at an Airbnb just five... Continue Reading →
I am on the way back to Truce in Canada and writing this on the plane. Eleven hours from Auckland to San Francisco and then on to Victoria in Canada. It's going to be a long flight but an even longer journey when I return to New Zealand with Truce in a few weeks. Leaving... Continue Reading →
I have been back in New Zealand since the end of January. Living the good life, eating, drinking and enjoying the warm summer weather. Generally getting fat, contented and too comfortable. Apart from a couple of mammoth record breaking rain events the weather has been beautiful, real Kiwi summer. Ngozi and I had a few... Continue Reading →
The Adventures of Captain Ray Penson 