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04/06/22 Sat. A weekend drive to KK today to make up the five sessions this week (Monday was a holiday), that's 14 done now. Monday is another holiday, so I don't have to go down until Tuesday.
05/06/22 Sun. I think I found a way to rectify the steering discrepancy today, I unscrewed each of the tie rod ends on the torque tube by a couple of turns which makes the tube slightly longer and takes up the 'missing' degrees of rudder alignment. Hopefully the problem is now cured without having to remove the fuel tank and transfer gearbox!
06/06/22 Mon. Completed one of those five minute jobs that take two days - the deck/spreader light had ceased to function and I checked the fuse (OK), thought it might be the switch so I took off the panel and all was good. Took off the deck plug and it fell apart! I don't have another, so I replaced it with a deck gland. I had no silicone for sealing, so had to go into town and buy a tube, and a new gun to apply it, then take down the deckhead panel to get to the wiring. Now, after two days, it's working again.
09/06/22 Thurs. Another parcel delivery problem, this time with UPS! I ordered some rubber seals from the UK which were supposed to be delivered on the 2nd June. On the 1st, I had an e-mail telling me it would be delivered tomorrow - it wasn't. Yesterday I had a second e-mail telling me it had been delivered - it hasn't, and tracking shows it as being in KK and marked as delivered.
10/06/22 Fri. Our daily drive to KK and back wasn't too bad (traffic wise) today - only two more sessions to go! I must admit I am getting fed up with the same route each day! My throat is hurting quite a bit now and it's a major problem to swallow anything. We phoned UPS today while in KK but the number given is not in use and I have no e-mail address for them. Shafiq in the office here cannot contact them either, so I've mailed the supplier in UK and asked them to chase it.
13/06/22 Mon. The last of twenty sessions of radiotherapy at KPJ Hospital in Kota Kinabalu - that's four doses of radiation on every visit, so 80 doses in all. My throat feels terrible now, it's very difficult to swallow properly or to even control it. Extra fluid, saliva or whatever is always going down the wrong 'tube' and almost chokes me with a bout of coughing (which hurts!) The doc says it will take a few weeks, or even months for the pain to ease and some semblance of a voice to reappear. I'm just glad I don't have to drive to KK anymore, we clocked 7,300 Kms in the last 4 weeks - that's 4,536 miles.
14/06/22 Tues. The UK supplier of my seals e-mailed me late last night and said that UPS confirm they have delivered the package to Yacht Rhumb Do. This morning I checked with the office here and no such parcel has been received. Someone in the chain is lying!
17/06/22 Fri. Managing to do a little work each day despite feeling rough! Hoisted the mainsail today, removed all the old bird nests and power washed the accumulated mould off the sail and sailbag.
18/06/22 Sat. Nothing much has changed, my throat still feels like I'm swallowing broken glass all the time, externally it's very red and swollen. UPS haven't delivered my package yet and the supplier in UK has instigated an investigation at my request.
19/06/22 Sun. OK, my throat pain is getting serious now, I had hardly any sleep last night as I kept waking up with a choking sensation which starts me coughing - and that hurts a lot! Inside feels like it's red raw and burning, I hope the feeling eases sooner rather than later. Ana has been cleaning the hull in readiness for a coat of polish, I should be doing it but cannot at the moment.
23/06/22 Thurs. UPS parcel saga - on the 4th of this month, we got a call from J & T Express in KK saying they had tried to deliver a parcel to an address in Keningau and that it was a 'bag'. I told them I had no idea where they got my name or telephone number from but I had never been to Keningau, nor had I ordered a bag, so the package wasn't mine. Over the last few days, I've discovered that UPS handed the package over to J & T for final delivery to Kudat and so I asked the J & T office here in Kudat to get the package transferred to Kudat from Keningau. This morning they phoned me and I went into their office and opened the package in front of them. Inside was my package from the UK, clearly addressed to me in Kudat, and it wasn't a bag but the rubber seals I have been waiting for. So thanks J & T, you're about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
28/06/22 Tues. We are getting the hull polished slowly, each day we polish about 6 feet of hull before the sun gets up, balancing precariously on a 45 gallon drum to do so - it's not perfect but at least it has a coat of wax on it now (or will do in a couple more days!) My throat is improving a little each day and I stopped taking the pain killers this morning, so fingers crossed.
30/06/22 Thurs. The hull is polished now, I still need to make a new lid for the fridge, varnish all the woodwork and antifoul the bottom, and of course all the other jobs that crop up as you go along!
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