A full day of boat work.

Washing, waxing, wiping. Buffing and polishing. Cetol-ing. All the basic stuff, now that we are done with the masts and electronics. Whoever said, "Sailing is like standing fully clothed in a cold shower while tearing up hundred dollar bills," (Cornelius Vanderbilt, I think) obviously did not have to do his own boat work. Otherwise he would have mentioned sweating in the hot sun, straining to buff the topsides.

But, we are done (except for the transducer), and Heliotrope is launch ready!

We did break for lunch (provided by Buoy's) in a rather idyllic setting. And we did attempt to meet the nap requirement by pushing sails and anchor lines aside to find a few minutes of horizontal space below decks (while Pax napped at keel level). And we did chat (from time to time) with other boaters.

BTW, for those not familiar with boating terminology, a deck is a complete set of playing cards.