Whats been happening

 With lockdown ending today we took the boat across Botany Bay to Yarra Bay and spent the night. It was good practice at anchoring storing the dinghy and cooking.  We were joined by my son and his mates who swam out and used the boat as a diving platform Ev cooked a delicious eggplant dish for dinner. Sleeping I found difficult as there was beach party that went all night, they were still there in the morning, amazing stamina terrible singing. It was a glorious sunset that went on forever

 I'm pleased to report that after a few one on one lessons, and much practice I am now proficient at operating the stove! It still has its little quirks but I'm working out those as I go. 😀 See lovely blue heat below.  My breadmaking is not going so well, however I made some pretty tasty flatbread and no bake muesli bars/cookies in preparation for cooking on board without an oven.

 Finally got around to adding sound dampening  foam around the engine box and it made a big difference. Its a 3cm thick foam with a layer of bitumen in the middle which absorb the sound produced by the engine. Its self adhesive and just requires cutting to size and taping the edges to stop fluid getting into the foam It was very reflective in the sun C utting the sheets to size using a sharp box cutter