ONE STEP AT A THYME!!!

G'day People's!
                         The "WET" is now here proper! Each day we have rain and then oppressive heat once the rain stopz.This puts a serious damper on progress of the rear deck improvements,but the work still continues.
This week the kitchen has been replaced,YIPPEE!
Several big meals and get together's have already taken place including a huge Friday Lunch! This lunch consisted of 7 platters with roast pork,crumbed chicken drumstix,turmeric eggs,pickles,chorizo and cabana and fresh fruit,including Mangoes,lotz of Mangoes.Buckets of mangoes for $10 anywhere.

Itz gr8 to have a kitchen again,very soon I'll have a practical outdoor living area once the B.B.Q and wok burners are refitted. The "pergola" now has 2 of the six supports in-place. These poles are 50mm stainless and must be completely rigid so they are being "over-engineered" to be 100% positive that the pergola will not only be  practical but incredibly strong,and actually add strength to the YOT!
This week also saw me head in an unexpected direction with wind power pushing itz way to the front of the workload. On Monday I was asked to look at a power problem on "Whethersfield" a 60ft luxury yacht that had an altenator problem.                       As part of that work I was given a wind generator which needed repair work,and since I already had 1 wind generator apart on the bench I decided to take the old broken generator from the original YOT purchase. Long story short, I now have 2 working generators that'll be fitted to the pergola roof and provide free power.Combined with solar panels this will go a long way towards my daily power needs. It really appears that aside from water- POWER is the other basic need that pulls Cruising Yachts back to shore prematurely.I'm determined to make GALLEYCAT better than most of these super yachts.With better,more practical systems fitted that'll make cruising aboard a real experience in living.

Because "LIFE IS FOR LIVING" not returning to yacht clubs to top up water tanks and charge batteries.It is however a long process that quite often becomes truely overwhelming! With the drive get back on the water the biggest factor pushing me forward  with the ability to see past the fibreglass dust,sweat and grime and focus on the progress.
1 step at a thyme! Which was the focus for the second part of this week between showers.Once the side wall waz glassed into place we set about fitting the first  of the 2 steps that'll allow me to move to the front of the YOT with relative ease. It won't be that long until Galleycat heads out again, towards Palm Islands northeast bay. Apparently this is where the true paradise of Qld's tropical Islands will reveal itself!
Great fishing,clear water,oysters and crayfish are the main draw cards on offer and the reef is about 20nm out from the bay as against the 55nm that it is from Townsville. This is a practical distance that can be covered in just a few hours instead of an all day run from here. So for now its back to the dust and tools in an effort get to Palm Island sooner rather than later. However for this weekend its all about the final races of the V8's.
With the Sydney round about to kick off on channel 7,so for today itz TV and leftovers for this little black duck,the dust and fibreglass will have to wait until Jamie Whincup or Craig Lowndes wins the championship!
Ford can't win this year ,it not a possibility with the balance of Fords Vs Holden seriously out of kilter.
Next year will be the last that only the 2 makes are entered it's also the 50th anniversary  of Bathurst so I'm planning to be at "The Mountain" for this historic event.
That's all from Galleycat this week
Captain Felix!