Thursday 21 August 2014 ~ Echo Bay, Sucia
L.'s back was still bothering her this morning. So we agreed to take it easy at anchor another day. Besides J. wanted to finish up the utensil containers. While the kids read and continued to play the new game they had created, J. got out the tools and got to work.
This time, he rummaged in the tool locker and pulled out the hand jig saw. On this second hole, he decided it might actually be faster to saw the hole out. Yesterday he didn't think so, especially as there was no way to get a saw into the location. But after drilling all the holes and then filing them into a proper circle, he knew how long that took. The hand jig saw went much faster, even though he had to make some adjustments to figure out how to get the saw blade to reach where it needed to go when the saw's structure was keeping it from doing so. In the end, J. still needed to do some filing, but not as much.
With both containers now having holes in which to place them, now time to put Turks heads onto each container. Out came the boatswain bag. This was really enjoyable, sitting out in the cockpit and working the line around and through, around and through. J. was reminded how similar this was to meditation.
When finished and filled with utensils, this is what we have:
By the end of the day, L. was feeling better. We decided to wait and see what tomorrow brought before seeing if she was ready to leave or wanted another day resting at anchorage.
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