Repair day and birthday boy

Sunday 11th July

This morning Ross and Andrew headed across to Serenade. It didn’t take long to find the problem, but a couple of hours to fix it.
Waty being the smallest was the one that crawled under the genset and across the engine to get to the gearbox and prop shaft. Serenade had a hydraulic brake similar to a car brake and callipers on the prop shaft to stop the prop rotating while sailing. The brake pads had worn down to the steel making a screeching sound which is what made Steve think the gearbox was playing up. Waty and Ross were able remove the whole brake system. They couldnt have done it without Andrew and Steve pointing out which spanner to use. Now if Steve wants to stop the prop from turning he can put it in gear when the motor is off.
Serenade were about to throw out their damaged rice cooker so a bored Lydia repaired it for them.
Today is Steve’s birthday and we were invited to Serenade to help celebrate. Andrew baked a spicy fruit loaf as a birthday gift! After a few hours, much awesome food cooked by Waty and a yummy birthday cake cooked by Georgie and some singing to Abba and Aqua, everyone headed to shore to stretch their legs. Andrew and Sue headed back to Imagine to make the boat ready to set sail early tomorrow morning and Lydia joined Ross on the beach finding, shucking and eating oysters. Early to bed for a 2am start tomorrow morning.

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