Sunday 27th August 1017
Today is the final day of Shaggers, with a
Pirate themed lunch and entertainment at Montes Resort from midday.
Our first priority is to sort out the
blocked holding tank, and John from Imagine, kindly offered to come across and
help. We spent some time with various
implements trying to clear it from below the waterline, with no success. Whilst
one of us was poking the various implements up the outlet, the other was in a
dinghy pushing the stern of Mica to create a lee side from the wind waves.
The last resort was to see if we could
water blast it out. I connected an extension hose to the deck wash and we tried
blasting from below with no success. Putting the hose down the top of the
holding tank and plunging it in and out eventually cleared the blockage, much
to everyone’s relief.
After a fair bit of tidying up, we were
ready to focus on the days scheduled event, the party at Montes. We arrived
there at about 12.30pm, and it was well underway, with a wide variety of
Pirates in attendance.
Hungry Pirates in the Buffet Queue
There was a huge queue for the buffet
lunch, so we joined it and waited our turn. It was worth the wait as the food
was very good and the servings generous, a bit of a contrast to the dinner at
Eco Resort last night where the opposite was the case.
We eventually caught up with John and Sue,
from Imagine and Geoff and Jenny from Ruby and settled in to enjoy the food and
the very good band that was providing the entertainment. The entertainment throughout
the whole weekend has been excellent.
Tonight we have arranged to have a baked
dinner on Mica, with Geoff and Jenny and Sue and John. Having 8 for dinner was
challenging, but we all fitted in somehow and had a most enjoyable dinner.
The fires have been burning on shore all day, and fortunately the wind has been blowing the smoke away from us, but everything smells very smoky and there is ash all over the deck from yesterday.
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