SLOW PROGRESS!!!

 G'day All, What a week!!
Stinkin Hot, humid and uncomfortable.
This made progress on the rear deck works extremely slow going, with work limited to a just few hours early in the morning and an hour in the evening after sundown. To top this off, the big tides were highest in the middle of the day making yard work slow to a crawl as well. With both cradles unable lift boats clear of this tideline. Depressing Really!
We have however made major progress on the rear floatation (wkoa) tanks with last weeks repair works ,a brilliant success "NO LEAKS!". Once the tanks were painted, a new cover was made, fibreglassed  and fitted.

The  "pergola" poles are finally fitted and work has now begun on the new fibreglass roof, with 5 sheets of Nydiaplast now coated with a layer of glass cloth and the ready to be fitted to the jig that has been constructed  in the shed under a 50ft catamaran. This is the only area in the yard large enough to fit the 4 meter by 3.5 meter jig. The work to build the roof will begin on Monday when the sheets will be screwed to the jig then fibreglassed together.This second layer making the sheets solid with the 80mm curve set and permanent. The roof will then be unscrewed from the jig, flipped over and

we will fill and sand the joins before fibreglassing them to make the roof complete. This roof / pergola is the ultimate in multi-purpose items on the YOT. Providing shade, water collection, support for the solar panels and wind generators, overhead lighting and 12 rod holders. It will also be fitted with shade and insect curtains. It's taken a long time but this will be the last MAJOR piece of construction on the YOT.
It's now started raining heavily in the afternoons so the roof will be a very welcome addition.
The other major step forward this week is the ordering of the new generator for

the YOT . Also the distilling has begun for the year with a triple batch being brewed to replenish the bourbon consumed during the festive season. This brew will take several days to distill. This should begin on Wednesday or Thursday.
No time for fishing this past week, this is something I hope to change during the next week or two.
Friday's lunch was a superb "Surf and Turf" with scotch fillet steak,prawns and fresh spanish mackerel caught during last weeks reef trip. All this was served in a garlic cream sauce and with a bed of saffron rice.Half of the spaniard was also turned it a fantastic Thai red curry.
I've heard from Carl and Brad this week, with fishing conditions in Perth perfect this weekend. They are heading for Two Rocks chasing Dhufish. Good luck Guy's I'll swap some coral trout for Dhufish fillets??
It was also Dad's birthday and Anniversary  this week as well. Congrat's Mum and Dad! I'm not sure how many years it is, but itz got to be around 42.Also Brother Mark has called to organise the Tickets and arrangements for Our Bathurst trip in October with the Yot heading for Sydney around June or July this year, slowly making my way through the Whitsundays, past Brisbane and into Sydney harbour. "Fingers crossed"

That's about all from the sweaty land of Galley Cat this week.

Captain Felix.