Saturday January 18: Christmas at Banana Bay

In the end, there was no dinghy fishing this week. Steve was tempted but made a good decision not to go as the wind started blowing again from the north on Wednesday late morning bringing cold winds and waves rolling into the marina.Definitely not dinghy weather!

The best thing about north winds though is the sky is usually clear so the end result is a sunny day and a relatively clear night sky

The full moon has been amazing the last couple of nights!

So what to do on these windy, bouncy in the boat days? There is never a lack of projects - it's just a question of who has the energy to tackle them! And it's usually Steve :-)

He decided it was finally time to redo the forward head (that would be a bathroom for the landlubbers).


He started by putting a couple of coats of finish on the teak, followed by a fresh coat of paint on the non-formica surfaces and ended with a reorganization of the storage space.

Of course the work entailed moving everything (including the door) out of the way and into the front v-berth.

The end result was the best looking head in the boat! The after picture really doesn't do justice to how much better it looks though.

And I was spending the windy days getting ready for Christmas! Finally the Franko Family Christmas has arrived - Matt, Wendy and Rebecca will all be arriving about 7 pm tonight.



The whole boat gang is gathered around the tree. Presents are wrapped and waiting!

The stockings have been hung with care ...

now all we need are the kids :-)