Update July 4, 2021:  update from Mary,  the boat repairs are almost complete:

The windlass rewiring is successfully completed! While we had the V-berth open, Eric repaired a bowed out section of wooden slats along one cabin side. It was that way when we got the boat last year. Due to fluctuating expansion of heat, humidity and cold, It was pretty warped. Eric did some creative shaving with a hand plane and corrected the warping as best he could. 

 

The last big project was cutting ventilation holes in several doors. One for the refrigeration compressor and the other two for the inverter and battery compartment. The heat had no way to escape through the solid doors, but now there is plenty of air flow.

 

The last small item to be addressed in the morning is to attach more pad eyes for support line to hold storage in place. We had some very heavy bags that flew off the place where they were stored during the intense rolling on the worse part of the journey down. I am amazed that something so heavy could be thrown about like that. Strong tie downs will remedy that situation. 

 

This will complete the projects and repairs that needed to be addressed before we were free to move forward into ministry projects. The Lord started stirring our hearts toward our first ministry project this morning. We are praying for clarity and focus and will share information and details once He makes everything clear to us for our next steps.

 

And we still have not caught the rat!!! We bought old-fashioned traps, baited them and he stole the bait off two, tripped one of the two and ignored the others. This time we put the bait on more securely in hopes of better results.   

 

 

 

 Above are a couple of photos Eric took that shows the typical transportation of the area. Given most people are living near, or on the water, different boats are used for different reasons. Some are used for transporting people and are used for water taxis, some are floating shops where families or small shops go about selling their goods.  And bigger ones are used for transporting much larger items, things that would be used, for example,  by a local business.  Long gone are the days that Eric and Mary need a vehicle!