EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR PO OINO ROA

Ocean View Marina, Samal Is.
07° 11.89 N 125° 42.615 E
Davao City, Mindanao
Philippines

Yes, I have been quite derelict in doing any writing, I just spend most evenings reading a book or catching up on the world of sports via the internet. Since we or at least the boat has experienced an early Christmas and tomorrow we move from floating in the marina to life on the hard we are in for a busy time.

Shopping for some things, especially marine products, here in the Philippines is difficult. Instead we do lots of our buying via the internet and then using a freight forwarder have all the goodies then boxed up and transported via ship. This typically takes 6 to 8 weeks once the box is shipped. We just had two boxes arrive and another is on it's way.

JUST LIKE UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE

WIRING FOR THE NEW AUTO PILOT

STANDING AND RUNNING RIGGING

NEW BEDDING AND SEWING MATERIAL

As you can see most all things are for the boat not Kathy or me. Now with all of this new stuff and a very long list of things to do before we depart the Philippines early next year it is time to get busy.

We have been waiting for several things to happen before having the boat hauled from the water and starting what is known as "life on the hard". the stars have now aligned, the rigging stuff is here, there is room on the concrete and we have a favorable high tide to fit on the haul out cart.

                        Kathy will be driving us onto this cart tomorrow morning at high water

 WE THEN GET PULLED UP TO THE HARDSTAND AREA

WE'LL BE SOMEWHERE HERE ON THE CONCRETE

I at least managed a bit of an update and hope to keep more current with my writing so you can see that we do spend time other than relaxing in the sun while living the dream