Done and Dusted at The Boat Works
After two weeks on the hard at Boat Works, we are ready to splash back into the water!
Anui gets the works!
Time for the big jobs on Anui while she is on the hard stand!
Trying Times
It is that time of year when we focus on maintenance: our own and the boat’s! So here is an update.
The war on drips continues!
Just in case you think we are slacking off at Fraser Island, here is a reminder that boat maintenance is never ending. As we mentioned in our last post, we knew the war on drips had to continue!
Out of the marina!
Amazing but true, we are finally out of the marina! It has been another trying period. Getting anything done takes an inordinate amount of time and requires much follow up so you don’t drop off the tradies’ work list. But at last we can see the ocean instead of a breakwater wall. Mind you, we…
Still at the dock!
We have had to wrestle Anui again. She keeps reminding us she is an 18 year old lady which was starved of TLC for a couple of years. Mainsail replacement, A frame replacement, re-bedding of the perspex on all the hatches and now replacement of half of the flexible solar panels are some of the unexpected tasks we have had to tackle.
Back to the soggy one!
It is good to be back home with Wade, although with the jetlag, a cold and an aching body, I am not convinced I am good company! It is also back to a rather soggy Anui, as the weather in Australia is very wet! We will just say two words: monsoon and leaks… get the picture?
