'I
wonder what Rodney & Penny have been up to this time'
I'd
say Penny and I have been pretty vigorously, keeping pace
with each other (and you've seen the photos of her). But if the
truth be known - I've been doin' nothin - and Penny has been lagging even
further behind, doing less. So together, and all efforts combined,
we've achieved very little. But considering the two unstable
characters involved - and the overall unstable place we live - we generally
regard - keeping the yacht, and our heads - 'above water' - as a successful
week.
Of course - as you know -
the big issue across the world this week - was - Penny's heater - and the fact
that it ran out of gas - and I couldn't fit another bottle on
it. The condemnation was universal, that it was all my fault - and
the little, spoilt rotten, do nothing, prima donna, was the innocent
victim. It seems a bit unfair. And I thought it went too
far - when . . . . . . . . .
I mean - what do Pamela
and Dave know about it - only Penny's side of the story - it seems.
After all - it was only
one night - and the next day it was fixed AND she got a new hot water bottle as
well - which everyone seems to forget.
Yesterday - with the help
of Keith - another yachtie nearby - I took the yacht, across and under the
bridge - to the St George Motor Boat Club - where I took on about 4 ton (4000
litres) of water - which will easily be enough for several months supply
aboard.
The Marina Manager came
down to me after we'd been there about an hour - and was concerned that I was
going to fill right up - (because I'd made the mistake, months ago, of telling
him when he asked, that the yacht was capable of holding over 8,000 litres) - so
he unfortunately - now - knows the large capacity I could be taking -
unchecked.
Although I'd probably be
wary myself of taking an additional 8 ton on board. As it is - the
yacht went down a few inches with that 4 ton of water going in to the forward
tanks.
But it all went very
successfully - a calm smooth ride over - and another slow and painless docking -
as we came alongside at dead stop, almost - and slowly pulled the yacht in with
the ropes - usually the safest procedure.
And so with that done -
we headed smoothly and safely back under the bridge - and out to the middle of
the bay - to pick up the mooring again - without any trouble at
all.
I've told you before -
and I'll say it again
that dog is
not earning her keep - as meagre as it is.
And no amount of good
acting - is going to make her scrawny 2.5 kg into a guard dog.
That'd be closer to the
truth.
She'd sell us all out -
for a couple of bits of Tim Tams.
Bye for now.
