In the midst of all the adventures we are having in the jungles of Guyana, the hard work on the schooner goes on. It is actually quite surprising that despite the environment we are carrying on with full work days. We wake up early and get Darshen off to nursery school. Then the work day begins. Soanya has all the household as well as communication duties while I do everything I can to “save the schooner.” Now that we have chipped into all the damaged fiberglass, puttied the hull, fiberglass matted all over, I feel, after nearly two months, that we have taken care of the basics to save the schooner. We still have more puttying, sanding, and faring to do. We also have to take out the masts and stop the rot which is of utmost importance. We have already begun changing the double thick plexi glass windows in the hull. The list of work goes on and we have most of the materials we need, so it is a matter of doing the work.
I like to mix all the jobs around and work on lots of things at a time. That way I can mull over all the difficult jobs for the creative solutions I need to complete them. Besides working on the hull and decks, we are gutting and painting the galley lockers, giving the motor room a much needed overhaul and rebuilding the whole cargo hold. In the cargo hold, the floor, cabinets, and bathroom as well as the whole roof, skylights, and main hatch is getting rebuilt.
The whole schooner is in a jumbled mess with work going on everywhere. Gear and supplies are pile here and there. In the middle of all of this I am crating some new sculptures. On deck, the main hatch area has big and odd chunks of tropical hardwood. We will start sending back some pictures of artistic work in progress real soon.
We are continuing to bring our daily focus more over to the “mystical” aspects of life. What does mystical mean? We live and work in a state of awe and wonder while we feel connected to so much that is greater than us. This is our special gift that we strive to share.
