Jane's not working on Saturday night after all and the forecast for the weekend isn't too bad.
So I'm tempted to take a run down to the boat for the weekend and crack off some of the outstanding maintenance and repair jobs in advance of our long weekend in a fortnight.
Critical task is to try plan B for retrieving the topping lift - I reckon I might be able to snag the eyesplice with a boathook tied to the main halyard. If I can pull that off, I can then re-reeve the genoa halyard through the diverter block from the deck by pulling bits of string back and forth - it'll be a slightly complicated exercise but do-able.
Then there's the new deck vents to fit and all sorts of other minor and not so minor jobs to tackle!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I've got a shed load of work to do preparing for the National Waterways Festival and zilch enthusiasm for tackling it today!
Good luck with the weather and the topping lift... I had some success the other week retrieving a halyard with a triple barbed fishing hook wired to the end of a long pole - depends on how soft the rope is but the fish hook catches on anything...
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