Final DMS inspection & delivery of the cooker

This morning I was up early and down at the marina by 8:15. The inspector from the Department of Merchant Shipping (DMS) was due at 8:30 do to the final inspection. He had to check that we had painted the name of the boat correctly on each bow and the stern, that we had the port of registry (Limassol) painted correctly on the stern and that across the centre joist of the boat we had an engraving of the ships name, port of registry, registered number and tonnage. Obviously this was a very quick and simple check. He then took the paperwork away to the office and when its dealt with we will be legally registered and... the legal owners of King Malu.

After he left I did a quick bit of filling of the gelcoat when the dings were, so that tomorrow they can be sanded. As I was coming out of the cabin with the gelcoat Tim was coming back up the ladder... he wanted to show me another boat. It had two solar panels on outriggers from the stern exactly as we intend to put on King Malu.

This afternoon there was a phone call from Tim, the goods from Mailspeed Marine had arrived and the delivery man said it was too heavy to bring up so Tim suggested putting straight in the back of my car.

What had arrived was the new Smev cooker. It looked great. Also some blocks and what we need for next week... fender ropes.