Hard at work

Our neighbours, Dean, Fernez and Fasair live on 14 acres of sugar lease land in the name of their mother. The sugar is being cut by big machetes(cane knife) at present, the company buys the sugar, the farmers get paid in installments. but the price is low, and now the governnent is saying, "You should diversify." Which means there is no money in sugar for the farmers...
Fernez cleans at the place we stay n Rakiraki, she probably gets paid $2 or maybe $2.20 an hour. She has started to sell roti and curry at her gate on Saturdays to make extra money. We made her a sign the same color as the boat, black and yellow. " Tasty Food"


Gary is "Folding up" That is the part where the two flat sides and the bulkheads are joined, so the curve of the hull is there... quite exciting.
You notice I am nowhere to be seen, he did most of the work on the main hull without me, I was off gardening or just sitting around with my embroidery.

Here she is.... The main hull was finished a few days before we headed to Suva on the bus. Gary has very sore hands and wrists from all the screwing and painting, so ten days away will heal him so that he is able to work hard on the outrigger and cross-arms. That's a fish mouth you can see on the bow end, hope will entice fish onto our lines.