The moving of the outdoor helm took place today. And a shot of us as well.
The moving of the outdoor helm took place today. And a shot of us as well.
The parts arrive today. Almost ready to head out to Lamentin in order to collect them. Gratis goes up on the hard tomorrow morning. Image: Bob at the top of Jacob’s Ladder, St Helena.
Every so often, the winches require a service. A cold front passing by, this was the perfect chance to carry out this maintenance. One does not want experience a winch failure in bad weather! Reading the instructions Parts placed in the bucket to ensure none are lost Together it goes.
Fish nibbling upon the hull. Definitely time for a clean! Pics from being up on the slip. Hibron working. Hibron and Bob posing: A nice one of Bob: A lovely clean hull… and prop… We even made the paper.
Gratis is on the slip, the sanding completed. With an afternoon of gentle rain, the application of the primer must wait until tomorrow.
After a fantastic Christmas Day. it is back to work. Gratis is supposed to go up on the slip tomorrow morning, so a quick tidy up is required today. The pics from Reunion are all ready. It’s now a matter of the accompanying spiels to be completed.
The day for repairing the forestay and the winch We explored and attempted some more underwater shots. Less than a metre from shore and this is what you can find. Sunset
The forestay is being repaired this morning.
Winds are up to 20 knots this morning, blowing the cloud cover and rains away. We are waiting – Bob impatiently so – for the winds to lighten so as we can motor over to the jetty to carry out repairs. He headed up the mast to make modifications in order for the twins to […]
What a perfect evening! Gentle breeze, dolphins hunting, fish a leaping, egrets feeding. Water ‘cold’, but refreshing for swimming in. The strengthener for the bowsprit is now installed. A good day’s work.
Yesterday I learnt how to change the spark plugs on Little G2’s outboard. Bob has the new wind generator, which provides twice the number of amps, up and running. It’s been a day of washing and indoor boat cleaning for myself.
New page on the blog. Making the Perfect Yacht Tender
Bob was up the mast this morning reattaching the repaired wind vane, changing the light globes to LED and carrying out a check of all attachments as he went. Items are gradually being stored away, and I commenced making the first of our snacks for the journey to Cocos Keeling.
After a sunny start to the day, the air is muggy, sky overcast and rain intermittent. The helm station is almost completely oiled, the food list well under way and Bob has worked on some of the welding.
It was the day to commence collating our food supplies once again. For a while there this afternoon, Gratis looked as though a bomb had ripped through her. The mattress filled the galley area, whilst food packages were spread across the floor and bed base. By 1700, the initial rearranging of supplies was completed and […]
Two days of total calm: what a luxury!! The Fascine is a millpool. Yesterday was the perfect time to trial the Asymmetric Spinnaker. What a beauty in her red, white and blue!
Bob decided another sail was required for when the winds are light off the beam. The asymmetric spinnaker arrived Wednesday. I winched Bob up the mast a number of times over the duration of yesterday in order for him to make the adjustments required to run this particular sail. In between study and so forth, […]
