Jangles on Land

Jangles is now sitting safely on her land perch, enjoying her spa treatments as she gets all cleaned up. The day we arrived, we went to see Catlyn as they were still on board for one day! We spent the evening with Marco, chatting and watching a movie. The next day he came over to say his farewells as he was boarding a plane to Ecuador. 

The next morning I went for a run and on my way back to Peakes, Jesse was standing on the road waiting for me. He had seen me running and stopped to say hello again after 5 months. We went for doubles (a local Trini dish made with two pieces of flat bread filled with chick peas and a spicy chutney, and if you are really brave a dash of pepper sauce). Jesse came over again later to do some work on the boat as we are adding a horn to the mast so when Talisman attempts to do a turn right in front of us in a rain squall, we can hoot at them.

Doubles

We hired a car and took a drive to Movietown. My sister and I watched the new Step Up movie and my parents, along with my brother went to watch the new Bourne movie. We had dinner before going to the movie as it  would be late when the moves finished. As we were driving home, the car started making a strange noise. Eventually, as the noise got worse, we pulled over. It turned out the bolts were missing from the front left wheel and it would have been minutes before the wheel fell off! My dad, the designated mechanic, took a bolt from each of the other wheels and tightened all the bolts. We made it safely back to the boat, thanks to the Lord.

We are fixing a lot of things on the boat. We are doing things like raising the antifouling  line, and scrubbing the boat from head to toe. We want to make sure everything is in order for Jangles before we leave her for 5 weeks. The aircon has also been put in to stop everything from growing mould in our absence.

Rewiring to put the horn in

the mark to raise the line

On Sunday we had planned to go to a local church, but by the time the car keys were eventually found, the service had already started. So instead we went for breakfast and then back to Movietown. We all watched the new Batman, Dark Knight Rises everyone agreed was absolutely brilliant! It has been labeled the favourite out of all three Batman movies.

Along with cleaning the boat, bags are being packed. We depart on Friday to Orlando for 2 weeks. My dad plans to spend most of that time on the golf course and Josh and Rebecca are looking forward to Disneyland; but as for me, I am excited about the record shops! After Orlando, we all go to Vancouver for 3 weeks to stay with Robert for a bit and to explore the beautiful place I have heard so much about. We will then return to Jangles and begin the new sailing season.

Josh cleaning

I will try to make time to write a few posts on the blog, but if I don’t then until we return to Jangles, farewell.