HEADLINERS, EXPLORATION and SEARCHING for OWLS

Yay!! Our cabin headliners are finally done!! Its a job we've been putting off because we haven't had access to the vinyl that we had wanted to line the boards with, but eventually decided to go ahead with what we have right here. With Covid issues and just not getting into Cape Town to source the vinyl, we decided to just go with slightly stippled, painted boards to match the cabin walls. Probably not as posh as vinyl headliners but what the heck - decided to go ahead and if we grow to hate them, then we will redo them, its another job we can tackle down the line at a later date. Ultimately, we actually love how they have come out. What, with me being my super difficult self and insisting that the headliner be one single big board, instead of 2 or 3 smaller sections with joins, and Robin's attention to detail and needing to get fit and dimensions exactly right, those big boards were carted in and out of the boat so many times, patience was tested and moods affected, buy hey!!, what a final result. Our cabins now finally have an 'almost finished' feel - we still need to put the teak bed opening surrounds in place in each cabin - seeming cleaner, lighter and more airy.👏 We were even able to fit some 12V computer fans into the headliners below the vents that are fitted in the cockpit, so now also have a little added fresh air movement directing from outside. After what seems an eternity of constant heavy, cold wind - well, at the very least, a good 2 weeks of wind without a single days break, we decided to head out on the dinghy and do some exploring to try to get over our cabin fever. But just as we were packing up our picnic and sorting things out to leave, our beautiful calm, still day changed YET AGAIN 😡 Fancy that, yet another incorrect weather prediction?? We were desperate and decided to go anyway but eventually had to turn back because the sea state got a little gnarly. We were able to go into another bay to go ashore and take a lovely walk. On a previous visit to the area, we saw a breeding pair of Cape Eagle Owls and their owlets so decided to try to find them again, saw some lovely seagull fledglings and their angry parents and also managed to do a bit of sea plastic pollution removal after Denver found a couple of huge plastic buoys in the rocks.