Hot and sunny, clouding over during the late evening, thunderstorms followed. Up early again and set to work painting the port side before the sun got round to that side. I gave Mike a hand to straighten the curled lower edge of the back blade of the rudder, using a small hydraulic jack and then hitting it with a hammer. He cleaned out the sink drainage, taking off the main pipes to get the gunge out, then refilled the water tank (I got a drenching when the pipe came out), and did Bill’s washing. Mike went across the road to the Casino supermarket for some bread for lunch. After lunch we sprawled out inside the boat to keep out of the midday heat. Once the sun was off the starboard side we went out and painted it finishing off the second coat. I went inside to get on with the ever mounting pile of housework then cooked pasta for dinner - the mountain of ironing will have to wait until it is cooler. Mike and Bill went to the hire place, Kiloutou, and had more words with the manager. He eventually backed down and said he would lose out on the cost of repair. Thank goodness for that. Mike told him in future we would take photos of any item we hired so we could prove we’d returned it in the same state as we took it out. That didn't go down well with the manager. They’d given us a fidelity card but I doubt we’ll be using it! Later there was a very loud thunderstorm with heavy rain.
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