Take It not so Easy

We are still at the Batemans Bay Marina and will be for a few more days. However we are making progress. The brand new length of chain has arrived and our new Manson Supreme anchor is on its way from Sydney. The rudder shaft has been straightened, a good thing, but it is not absolutely perfect, not such…

It is not as bad as it looks!

You have to have faith when you embark on a serious clean up, because things look worse before they look better! But what a relief – after weeks of boat maintenance culminating in the haul-out and sitting at the shipyard for 8 days, Take It Easy is back in the water, looking good and ready…

Sand-Tape-Paint

We were back on Take it Easy on the Melbourne Cup extra-long weekend to continue our boat maintenance marathon.  On the program: re-lining the cabin roof after the sail track leaks debacle, hand sanding the fiddly bits around the winches and other deck gear, undercoating, taping and painting. It sounds eminently doable in 5 days;…