Barbecue Troubles

June 1st (Monday)

Happy first of June everyone! It is amazing to think that in twenty days it will be the longest day of the year.  It will be interesting to see how much more our daylight hours increase in the next twenty days.
Today we both worked on projects.  Jason worked outside on the dock and fixed our barbecue.  Sadly it has not lasted as well as we had hoped.  Before leaving Vancouver we had decided to buy a good-quality marine barbecue because it got good reviews and was designed to mount easily onto a sailboat.  It is a Dickenson, the same company as our indoor propane stove and oven, but it has not been as good as we had hoped for.  The brackets that attach the barbecue to the railing, also a Dickenson product, corroded a couple of months ago, and the barbecue would have fallen into the water if it had not been connected to the propane hose.  We fixed that issue, but then the other day when Jason was barbecuing our dinner the back row of supports that hold up the grill fell off, and the back of the grill fell down onto the burner.  It turned out that the front row of supports were barely holding on as well, so to fix this Jason had to drill eight holes through the flame hardened stainless steel and thru-bolt the supports back on.  
Although a few short showers passed over while he was out working, it was not until shortly after he had finished that the forecasted rain started, good timing.  
While he was fixing the barbecue, I started working on our v-berth mattress covers.  I have asked, and been given permission, to go over to Gladys’ house to use her sewing machine, but before I go over to her place I have a lot of planning, marking, cutting, and pinning to do.  

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