I went to the Darwin Boat Show yesterday. It was a disappointing affair. There was little on display which one could not see driving around half a dozen retailers on any day of the week. I had recently bought a new 406mhz EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) for my boat for $405. Lucky me....The best boat show special for the same appliance by the same manufacturer was $499.

Then, one salesman told me there was no such thing as forward looking sonar. Of course there is and it is available through Interphase, Furuno, JRC etc. Oh well...the chicken satays were nice.

Today I am going to the marina to put the final, sixth coat of varnish on the porthole sills in the saloon. It has taken me all week to do the 8 'windows'. I'll take a photo of it this afternoon and post it here tomorrow.