Water-proofing

Less than a month to go before we resume our circumnavigation of GB, and time to 'get ready'. Blue Star goes back into the water in a few weeks time, and in the meantime I have just re-water-proofed by wet weather gear. I used the Nikwax spray-on product. It is recommended that garments are first cleaned in the Nikwax product too, but my gear still seemed quite clean so I didn't bother with this stage of the operation (is it just designed to make you buy another product?). Anyway the spray on water-proofing is very easy to use, so lets hope I find that the results are good too! On second thoughts, lets hope I never need to find out! Another job's a good 'un!
To celebrate I feel like another piece of my rocky road; unfortunately it's all gone!

My wet weather gear covered in water-proofing spray

My rocky road. Yum yum!!!

Joke:

A Blue Star crewman opts to stay behind on a deserted island the crew come across, but after ten years he is a little lonely! One day, he sees a speck on the horizon. He thinks to himself, "It's not a ship." The speck gets a little closer and he thinks, "It's not a boat." The speck gets even closer and he thinks, "It's not a raft." Then, out of the surf comes a gorgeous blonde woman, wearing a wet suit and scuba gear.
She comes up to the crewman and says, "How long has it been since you've had a cigarette?"
"Ten years!", he says. She reaches over and unzips a waterproof pocket on her left sleeve and pulls out a pack of fresh cigarettes. He takes one, lights it, takes a long drag and says, "Man, oh man! Is that good!" Then she asks, "How long has it been since you've had a drink of whiskey?" He replies, "Ten years!" She reaches over, unzips her waterproof pocket on her right sleeve, pulls out a flask and gives it to him. He takes a long swig and says, "Wow, that's fantastic!" Then she starts unzipping this long zipper that runs down the front of her wet suit and she says to him, "And how long has it been since you've had some REAL fun?" And the man replies, "My word! Don't tell me that you've got golf clubs in there as well!"