Sunday morning we looked for a place to have breakfast instead of our usual trip to the Starbucks in Point Richmond. After some searching we found a place called the Embers in Pinole. After breakfast we returned to the boat for a few more chores. Rich painted the prop and shaft with anti-barnacle coating while I cleaned our fenders. Since we had the topsides polished we don't want to get it dirty with dirty fenders.
In the afternoon we decided to explore Point Richmond. The Richmond Municipal Natatorium beckoned but we were not properly attired. Instead we went to the Golden State Model Railroad Museum. It is run by the East Bay Model Engineers Society. The society has enjoyed over 77 years of continuous operation and is one of the oldest model railroad museums in the United States. On Sundays they have the trains running in a 10,000 square foot room. Trains gauges include HO, O and N. Layouts include Donner Pass, Tehachapi loop as well as from Oakland over the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Truckee. As you walk pass you can see details such a barnyards complete with cows, pigs, geese and chicken, train stations with hanging chandeliers and waiting passengers, a mountain pass road where a semi truck has missed the curve and there are fire trucks, police cars and ambulances there to assist. Of course if you look carefully one of the cows has been attacked by a lion and a giraffe is wandering nearby. Rich and I watched the children run up and down looking through the glass as the trains went by. It was a great way to spend the afternoon.
Monday Rich connected the galley sink drain hoses. He also installed new LED lights for inside the engine compartment and in the closet in the aft stateroom where the refrigeration compressors are located as well as the main salt water input thruhulls as well as the shaft to the prop. We like having easy access to these items and the LED lights will make it easier to inspect.
Rodolfo completed painting the bottom as well as touch up on the rudder.
Tuesday we took the Subaru back to Emery Cove Yacht Harbor and rode BART to El Cerrito Del Norte and got a ride back to the boat yard. The hoist, named William Randolph Hoist, lifted Windarra and Rodolfo painted where the stands were and under where the keel sat on blocks of wood. Windarra was back on the water at 3:30pm. Hooray.
Today we returned to Emery Cove. After a stop to fuel up and pump out the holding tank, we arrived back at our slip. After lunch we cleaned the boat yard dust off the deck. Hopefully the rain will hold off tomorrow so we can put the headsails back on.
No worries,
Elaine and Rich
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