Today I did some washing. You can see it in the photograph as it is hanging out to dry. This is a spinaker staysail. Made of very light fabric it is meant to balance the spinaker on a 'downhill' run. This is the second smallest working sail on the boat. It measures 14 metres x 5 metres. The inner staysail is a little smaller and the stormsails are also smaller.

To wash this sail, I had to put it in the bath, add a little bleach and some detergent and walk around on it for about 10 minutes.

This weekend we have the Royal Darwin Show. I will go tomorrow and take a few photographs, spend money on expensive junk and vow (as I do every year) to never go again.

Dinner time. Tonight I will use the rest of my good Japanese soy to make yakitori. For anyone who is reading this and who wants a quick meal which is tasty, wholesome and goes soooo well with a cold beer, try this.

1/3 cup sake
1/3 cup mirin (Coles sells it)
1/3 cup japanese soy sauce. (Chinsese black Kikkoman will do at a pinch, but it's a little 'rough')
1 heaped teaspoon of brown/raw sugar.
Mix all the above well.

Cook some rice. (make sure you wash it very well to reduce the 'glug' factor)

Thread some skewers (soak them for one hour first to stop splintering and help prevent them burning) with chunks of chicken or pork. Between each piece of meat place a square of green pepper, a round of leek (or onion if you must) and lightly fry these in a pan.

Put the sauce mix in a pan and reduce it until it is the consistency of warm honey.

Serve yakitori on a bed of rice and drizzle sauce over the whole mess. Serve with a cold beer.
おいしい！