{"id":716,"date":"2016-06-29T16:03:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T16:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/?p=716"},"modified":"2016-06-29T16:03:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T16:03:16","slug":"more-varnish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"More varnish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up early to get on with the sanding, I have now sanded down the cap rail and rubbing strake on the port side, to bare wood, and laid down 1 coat of 50%varnish\/50%turpentine. A very tedious job, but no more sanding, just another coat of varnish every day until I have about 8 coats on. Sadly it started raining not long after i got the last coat on, hopefully a light sand tomorrow will fix that.<\/p>\n<p>The dinghy came back today, which was nice.<\/p>\n<p>Went shopping for fresh salad ingredients tonight, and spotted this little chappie on the way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-717\" src=\"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/aligator.jpg\" alt=\"aligator\" width=\"800\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/aligator.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/aligator-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/aligator-768x417.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rain was evident all around the island.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-718\" src=\"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/clouds.jpg\" alt=\"clouds\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/clouds.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/clouds-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here you can see lots of boats in the bay, mostly ferries laid up as we are out of season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-719\" src=\"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ferries.jpg\" alt=\"ferries\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ferries.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ferries-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a bit worrying to see the terrorist incident at Ataturk airport in Istanbul, as I&#8217;m changing flights there in a week on my way home! Awful affair for all involved.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, more varnish, pay the bill and get ready for early depart on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Paul C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up early to get on with the sanding, I have now sanded down the cap rail and rubbing strake on the port side, to bare wood, and laid down 1 coat of 50%varnish\/50%turpentine. A very tedious job, but no more sanding, just another coat of varnish every day until I have about 8 coats on. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/?p=716\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More varnish&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sistermidnight.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}