Stuck inside of Savusavu with those Memphis blues again.

 Best album ever, Bob.  What a masterpiece.

The boat is ready to go.  I'm ready to go.  I still have to get some kava for sevusevu, but otherwise I'm good.  Why the delay?  Well, I'm helping do maintenance on other boats (surprise!).  Brian can't go under his boat anymore, so I cleaned his prop for him and scraped his hull.  We're still trying to figure out his watermaker pumps and his fridge doesn't work so I loaned him my little 12V freezer.  Joka went up the mast today and I belayed him on the halyard.  

And we've had several music events on Bev's porch.  The Savusavu Marina Marching Band and Halleulah Chorus is missing a few members, but still struggling on.  Now Bev is talking about having a bigger gathering Sunday night, which means I may still be here a few more days.

And the group wants to go en masse to the new Indian restaurant in town tonight and possibly to Nawi to sample the Mexican fare in the near future.  Aiiiieeeee, people!  I got glasses to distribute!



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