Finished with the metal structure.

Today we started work at around five in the morning and kept working the whole day. We managed to put up all the steel tubes and even the marquee.

 We were able to accomplish quite a lot in the early hours itself. However, as the morning progressed, we had some intermittent rain and had to hide and then go out again. Still, the rain did permit us to work a lot more hours than we would otherwise have done since the scorching Mauritian summer Sun is not something we're really fan of.

Around 2, when we were running on empty due to tiredness, a man came to help us. Being from Bangladesh, he usually work at the textile factory close by and was going around on his bicycle looking for some minor works. His help was most welcome by both of us and we were able to keep going despite being physically drained by the effort.

Later in the afternoon our neighbor came to help us place the marquee over the steel tubes again.

Bought steel tubes

Today we went to buy the steel tubes that we're going to be using to cover the yard. Thus, we're going to have more freedom to work on our boat.

Cyclone getting closer

Here some gusts and rain only but Reunion is bearing the full brunt of the enraged sky. We all hope Bejisa goes away soon.

http://www.meteo-reunion.com/indoex_vapor.html

RADAR Image : http://www.meteo.fr/temps/domtom/La_Reunion/meteoreunion2/observations/radar/images_radar/index.html

We even had to use two pieces of flexible hose to act as siphons to remove water accumulating on the marquee covering the boat.