We are high & dry "on the hard" as us boaters call being out of the water.
We are in a town called Warkworth about 30 miles north of Auckland. The yard is way up the Mahurangi river.
Usually we don't mind being in the yard, but this time we had torrential rain holding up progress initially, and now as of today one of the top painters on the crew ( Jackie ) is incapacitated and can't go near the paint.
Had an allergic reaction to all the toxic stuff in the yard, so had to be invalided out to a beautiful local bed & breakfast!!
(Yes I spent hours during the night punching myself in the eyes to make them swell up, the wheezing and tongue swelling took a little more ingenuity to pull off!)
Seriously Neil is having to finish off the painting on his own, which is hard work, but I did book a room with a huge bath so he can soak his aching muscles.
Back in the water soon, hopefully I can stand the fumes for the time it takes to relaunch the boat.
Off to our new home ........Bayswater marina, and starting work Monday Dec 14th.
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